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[D]

[D]History repeats the old conceits
The gl[G]ib replies, the same defeats
[D]Keep your finger on important issues
With cro[F]codile tears and a 
pocketful of tissues

[D]I'm just the oily slick
On the wi[G]ndup world of the nervous tick
[D]In a very fashionable [F]hovel

[D]I hang around dying to be tortured
[G]You'll never be alone in the bone orchard
This b[D/F#]attle with the 
bottle is n[F]othing so novel

[D]So in this almost empty [G]gin palace
Th[D/F#]rough a two-way looking glass
You[F]see your Alice

[D]You know she has no sense
[G]For all your jealousy
[D]In a sense she still smiles ve[F]ry sweetly

Charged with i[D]nsults and flattery
H[G]er body moves with malice
[D]Do you have to be so [F]cruel to be callous
[D]And now you find you fit this[G] 
identikit completely[D/F#]
You say you have no secret[F]s 
and then leave discreetly

[G]I might make it California's fault
[G]Be locked in Geneva's deepest vault
Just l[Bm/F#]ike the canals of 
Mars and the Great Barrier Reef[G]
I come to you beyond be[Dm]lief

[D]My hands were clammy and cunning
[G]She's been suitably stunning
[D]But I know there's not a h[F]ope in Hades
[D]All the laddies cat ca[G]ll and wolf whistle
[D]So called gentlemen and 
ladies dog[F]fight like rose and thistle

[D]I got a feeling
[G]I'm going to get a lot of grief
[D/F#]Once this seemed so appealing
[F]Now I am beyond belief
[D]I got a feeling
[G]I'm going to get a lot of grief
[D/F#]Once this seemed so appealing
[F]Now I am beyond belief
[D]I got a feeling
[G]I'm going to get a lot of grief
[D/F#]Once this seemed so appealing
[F]Now I am beyond belief