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The devil is my running mate
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This here is his favorite state
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Sorry you folks had to wait
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He always likes to show up late

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No, that ain't a rainbow son
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It's streetlamps on petroleum
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Let's pull in here and get us some
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Supplies are running out now

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It ain't the reason for the war
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That's meanness boy and nothing more
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They tried to do this all before
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But Daddy wouldn't let them

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Sometimes I don't know what I got into
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Sometimes I can't stand to read my name
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Sometimes I can only hear their voices
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Casting me back from where I came

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The devil is my running mate
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Confusion is his favorite state
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Surely you folks can relate
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I know we've gathered here to hate

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It doesn't matter who we blame
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As long as you all hear a name
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All them bastards look the same
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Everyone is guilty

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Everybody look away
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Look away. Look away
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It doesn't matter what I say
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It's what I do that's shifty

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Sometimes I don't know what we got into
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Sometimes I don't think I know a thing
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Sometimes I can't even see the trees now
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For the flames, for the flames

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The devil is my running mate
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And this here is his favorite state
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There ain't no other candidate
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It wouldn't matter anyway
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The devil is my running mate
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The devil is my running mate