Midlake - Roscoe

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2Stone-cutters made them from stones
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3Chosen specially for you and I
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4Who will live inside
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7  The mountaineers gathered timber piled high
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8In which to take along
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9Travelling many miles knowing they'd get here
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12When they got here all exhausted
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13On the roof leaks they got started
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14And now when the rain comes we can be thankful
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17Ooooooooh-aaah   Ooooooo-ooh
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18When the mountaineers saw that everything fit
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19They were glad and so they took off
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22Thought we were due for a change
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23Or two around this place
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24When they got back they're all mixed up
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26With no one to stay with
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31The village used to be all one really needs
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32Now it's filled with hundreds and hundreds of chemicals
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33That mostly surround you, you wish to flee
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34But it's not like you so listen to me listen to me
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37Oh and when the morning comes
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39We will step outside
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40We will not find another man in sight
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41We like the newness the newness of all
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43That has grown in our garden
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44Struggling for so long
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47Whenever I was a child
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49I wonder what if my name had changed
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50Into something more productive
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51Like Roscoe been born in 1891
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52With my aunt Roslein
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55Thought we were due for a change
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56Or two around this place - ooh-oooh -
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58Thought we were due for a change
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59Or two around this place
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61- single strums -
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62When they got back they're all mixed up
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63With no one to stay with
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