Noel's Lament

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In my life, I was Noel Gruber who worked at Taco Bell in Uranium City, Saskatchewan
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But in my dreams I played a different role. I was Monique Gibeau in
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Post-war France!

[Primeira Parte]

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A hooker with a heart of black charcoal
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I write poems to burn by fire light
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Drink champagne and guzzle gin
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Good girls call me the town bicycle
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Don't knock it till you’ve tried my life of sin

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Oh Claude my pimp knows never mess with me
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Last prick did that faded quick to black
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I have no idea where to find him, officers-

But if you do please mention that I'd
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Like to have returned the pretty knife
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That I stuck 10 times in his back

[Refrão]

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For I sing songs until the break of dawn
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I embrace a new man every night
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My life's one never ending carnival
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A world of boozy-floozy flashing light
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I want to be that fucked up girl

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[Segunda Parte]

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He said I think I am in love with you
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I’ve heard that lie a million times before
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Oh, but tonight I give in to the fantasy
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Take love when you can when you're a whore

[Refrão]

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For I sing songs until the break of dawn
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I embrace a new man every night
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My life's one never ending carnival
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A world of boozy-floozy flashing light
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I want to be that fucked up girl

[Terceira Parte]

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So now I sell my love for opium
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In some rat infested Chinese dive
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At night I burn myself with cigarettes
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Just to somehow prove I'm still alive

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Eight months later I catch typhoid flu
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Kicked out I see the ugly light of day
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Dying in an alley, a priest kneels down to me-

(Spoken)

My child, do you have any final words to the Lord you'd like to say?

Oui! Tell him that like Him I choose to burn out rather than fade away

[Refrão]

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For I sing songs until the break of dawn
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I embrace a new man every night
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My life's one never ending carnival
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A world of boozy-floozy flashing light

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For I sing songs until the break of dawn
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I embrace a new man every night
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My life's one never ending carnival
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A world of boozy-floozy flashing light

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I want to be that fucked up girl

I wanna be that fucked up giiiiiirl

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Broken heart, a flask of gin
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Tattooed with a safety pin
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Teeth all stained with nicotine
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Running nylons, shattered dreams
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Super crusty, holy terror
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Wild eyes and black mascara

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Broken heart, a flask of gin
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Tattooed with a safety pin
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Teeth all stained with nicotine
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Running nylons, shattered dreams
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Super crusty, holy terror
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Wild eyes and black mascara

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If I could have just one dream

I’d be that fucked up girl

Hey!