Intro Verse Interesting and sophisticated Refusing to be celebrated It's a monumental big screen kiss It's so deep it's meaningless One day you'll just up and quit And that'll be it Just then the stripper stopped in a coughing fit She said, "Sorry I can't go on with this." Chorus Yeah that's awful close But that's not why I'm so hard done by Instrumental Verse It was true cinema-à-clef You should see it before there's nothing left In an epic too small to be tragic You'll have to wait a minute 'Cause it's an Instamatic Yeah that's awful close But that's not why I'm so hard done by Instrumental Verse Just then the room became more dimly lit As the emcee carried on with it And now that I got you all strangely compelled I'm afraid Candy's not feeling well Chorus Close, but that's not why I'm so hard done by Outro
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