Life During Wartime

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons,
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Packed up and ready to go
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Heard of some grave sites,
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  out by the highway,
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A place where nobody knows
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The sound of gunfire,
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  off in the distance,
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I'm getting used to it now
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Lived in a brownstone,
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  lived in a ghetto,
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I've lived all over this town

[Chorus]
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 This ain't no party,
this ain't no disco,
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey,
I ain't got time for that now

[Verse 2]
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Transmit the message,  to the receiver,
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Hope for an answer some day
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I got three passports,
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  a couple of visas,
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You don't even know my real name
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High on a hillside,
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  the trucks are loading,
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Everything's ready to roll
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I sleep in the daytime,
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  I work in the nighttime,
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I might not ever get home

[Chorus]
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 This ain't no party,
this ain't no disco,
This ain't no fooling around
This ain't no Mudd Club, or C. B. G. B.,
I ain't got time for that now

[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
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Heard about Houston?  Heard about Detroit?
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Heard about Pittsburgh, P. A.?
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You oughta know not to stand by the window
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Somebody see you up there
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I got some groceries,
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  some peanut butter,
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To last a couple of days
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But I ain't got no speakers,
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  ain't got no headphones,
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Ain't got no records to play

[Chorus]
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 Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time
Can't write a letter,
can't send no postcard,
I ain't got time for that now

[Verse 4]
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Trouble in transit,
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  got through the roadblock,
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We blended in with the crowd
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We got computers,
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  we're tapping phone lines,
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I know that that ain't allowed
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We dress like students,
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  we dress like housewives,
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Or in a suit and a tie
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I changed my hairstyle,
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  so many times now,
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I don't know what I look like!

[Outro (Fade Out)]
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You make me shiver,  I feel so tender,
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We make a pretty good team
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Don't get exhausted,
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  I'll do some driving,
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You ought to get you some sleep
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Burned all my notebooks,
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  what good are notebooks?
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They won't help me survive
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My chest is aching,
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  burns like a furnace,
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The burning keeps me alive