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[Verse 1] 
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That's how it starts....we go back to your house
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You check the charts....and start to figure it out
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And if it's crowded all the better, because we know we're gonna be up late
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But if you're worried about the weather, then you picked the wrong place to stay
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That's how it starts.......

[Verse 2]
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And so it starts....you switch the engine on
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We set controls for the heart of the sun, one of the ways we show our age
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And if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up, and I still don't wanna stagger home
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Then it's the memory of our betters, that are keeping us on our feet

[Chorus 1] 
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You spent the first 5 years trying to get with the plan & the next 5 years tryin to be with your friends again
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You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can, yeah I know it gets tired but it's better when we pretend

[Verse 3]
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It comes apart....the way it does in bad films
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Except the part....where the moral kicks in
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And when we're running out of the drugs, and the conversation's grinding away
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I wouldn't trade one stupid decision, for another 5 years of life, oh

[Chorus 2]
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You drop the first 10 years just as fast as you can, and the next 10 people who are trying to be polite
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When you're blowing 85 days in the middle of France, I know it gets tired only where are your friends tonight?

[Verse 4] 
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And to tell the truth....oh, this could be the last time
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So here we go....like a sales force into the night
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And if I made a fool, if I made a fool, if I made a fool on the road, there's always this
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And if I'm sewn into submission, I can still come home to this

[Chorus 3] 
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And with a face like a dad and a laughable stand, you can sleep on the plane or review what you said
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When you're drunk and the kids leave impossible tasks, you think over and over, "hey, I'm finally dead."
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Oh, if the trip and the plan come apart in your hand, you can turn it on yourself you ridiculous clown
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You forgot what you meant when you read what you said, and you always knew you were tired but then--
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Where are your friends tonight? Where are your friends tonight?
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Where are your friends tonight? Where are your friends tonight? 
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If I could see all my friends tonight, if I could see all my friends tonight
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If I could see all my friends tonight, if I could see all my friends tonight...