Litter And The Leaves

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[Verse]
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Another link in the chain getting rusty breaking
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Down in the gutter with a smile
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It's another case of finding your place
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Another number showing what he's made
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The sun sweeps the shadows from the concrete
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Morning comes and it's another day
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But the streets have voices, the walls have ears
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And they're never gonna go away

[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]

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On our feet is where we're gonna land
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(You can find me in the gutter!)
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The gutter is the place where we will make our stand
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With a smile on my face and a bottle in my hand
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You'll find me in the gutter in the morning

[Bridge]

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[Verse]
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Here with the litter and the leaves we tremble
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Here's where our memories were made
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Oh the real life starts in the gutters and the bars
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Long after the light of day has faded
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'Cause we just don't know how to take it we feel
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Cheated and excited and afraid
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As they all shake hands and draw their lines in the sand
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And forget about the mess they've made

[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
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On our feet is where we're gonna land
(You can find me in the gutter!)
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Placing the blame on the chain of command
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With a smile on my face and a bottle in my hand
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You'll find me in the gutter in the morning
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With a smile on my face and a bottle in my hand
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You'll find me in the gutter in the morning

[Bridge]
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They have been sighted, they have been indicted
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And we've been ignited to break until they bend
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We will deny them, this will be our anthem
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We will defy them, till the bitter end
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Words, witnesses heard
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We know it's not that simple
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Your lies open our eyes
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Force us to rise irate
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The world isn't this small
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We know it's not that simple
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And the gutters give birth, and we're filling the streets
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And the city will shake with the sound of our feet
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...And we'll sing our gutter anthem till the day we die!

[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
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Life goes on, the city fades away
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You can't see the fireworks by the light of day
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We're not on the payroll, we're just getting by
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But we'll sing our gutter anthems till we die, die, die
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We'll sing our gutter anthems till we die