Modern Pornography

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[Verse One]

I'm stood waiting in the stairwell

Searching my raincoat for ideas

It took falling in love to kick all the drugs

But I could really use a beer

Oh, Jackie arrives five minutes late

She looks like she slept in the street

"Oh c'mon lady, what're doing to me?"

Jackie just stares at her feet

[Verse Three]

Oh, these friends of mine I've known quite a while

But I can't trust them with a thing

And they'll rob you blind

And I know at any time

They'll take everything from me

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[Verse Three]

So tell me where it is that we're heading

I don't think that I'll make the ride;

I got a belly full of pills making me ill

I got nothing left to hide

So excuse me while I step into traffic;

This modern world is getting to me

Oh, Jackie, start the car, I'm falling apart

I got nothing left in me

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[Verse Four]

Jackie says ell be there in an hour;

She's takin' the shortcut to the church

And just in case He's real, I tell him how I feel

This is my last day on earth

There's a cloud and it hangs in my mind

And everything reminds me of us

And all the days turn to years

And years turn to tears

And I can never get enough

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[Verse Five]

Oh, Jackie, what is it that you're saying?

How did things get this bad?

We used to have it all, knocking at the door

When did it all get so sad?

She said that I just can't be without you

And I think that you love me too

And if you say it right now, I'll turn this car around

But I'm not leaving without you

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