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Gave us permission

to iron our shoelaces,

great overlords did.

great overlords did

settle the score of years past

still, none lived to tell...

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still, none lived to tell,

look on my works, and despair!

Ozymandias

Ozymandias

there once was a hotdog man

with the same surname...

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with the same surname...

How much incest is too much?

Kept in the family...

Kept in the family;

His older brother Stanley,

Was married to his?

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Kept in the family;

His older brother Stanley,

Was married to his?

was married to his?

that sounds so riddleistic

but fun, all the same...

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but fun, all the same...

weird scenes inside the gold mine

lone and level sands

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but fun, all the same...

weird scenes inside the gold mine

lone and level sands

lone and level sands,

of time, divine, dividing.

what meter and why?

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lone and level sands,

of time, divine, dividing.

what meter and why?

what meter and why?

forlorn yardsticks of space-time

spatial invariance...

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what meter and why?

forlorn yardsticks of space-time

spatial invariance...

Spatial invariance...

Relativistic musings...

Shelve them and just sit.

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Shelve them and just sit

my new mantra for today

say it ten times fast

say it ten times fast

vibrate the lips without end

careful not to drool...

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there you go, all done...

scones and lemonade ready

for Sunday high tea

for Sunday high tea

of scones that are most butter

with the lemons aid.

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for Sunday high tea

of scones that are most butter

with the lemons aid.

with the lemons' aid,

REO Speedwagon's tunes,

all set to partay!

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with the lemons' aid,

REO Speedwagon's tunes,

all set to partay!

 

All set to partay

get down- when you just gotta,

that's when you let go

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All set to partay

get down- when you just gotta,

that's when you let go

that's when you let go

once the cistern starts pumping

don't look behind you...

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that's when you let go

once the cistern starts pumping

don't look behind you...

don't look behind you...

and if you do don't dare blink...

angels coming close.

 

[WIN for the Dr Who reference !!!]

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don't look behind you...

and if you do don't dare blink...

angels coming close.

 

[WIN for the Dr Who reference !!!]

 

angels coming close;

Faster than you can believe ...

if you are an alien.

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angels coming close;

Faster than you can believe ...

if you are an alien.

(fixing the 7-syllable last line to the 5-syllable standard)

 

If you're alien,

faces come out of the rain,

no one remembers...

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no one remembers

the blue heron, yesterday

flying to heaven

flying to heaven

woke up to find myself lost

in neighbour's attic!

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wait to be relived

actually, they don't wait

they're all around us

 

 

(says here there are four syllables in "actually", so I guess I'm good!)

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