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 the sandy haired son of  hollywood   
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 lost his faith in a ll that's good   
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 closed the curtain unpl ugged the clock,   
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 hung his clothes on the s hower rod   
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but he  never got und ressed   
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and no he  never made a m ess   
 
 
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it's funny  how life turns  out   
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the odds of f aith in the face of d oubt   
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camera  one closes  in   
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the soundtrack  starts, the scene beg ins   
 
 
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you're playing  you now   
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you're playing y ou now     
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you're playing  you now   
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you're playing y ou now     
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you're playing y ou now   
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take a  bow,   take a  bow...   
 
 
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 the trophy wife of p alisades   
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 whose yearbook beauty  never fades   
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 sits and watches the  sea fold in   
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 and wonders what  might have been   
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if she could  ever have her  chance   
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would she  do it all  again   
 
 
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it's funny  how life turns  out   
 G#m F#  
the odds of f aith in the face of  doubt   
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camera  one closes  in   
 G#m F#  
the soundtrack s tarts, the scene  begins   
 
 
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you're playing  you now (playing you now)   
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you're playing  you now  (playing you now)   
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you're playing  you now (playing you now)   
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you're playing  you now  (playing you now)   
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you're playing  you now (playing you now)   
 
 
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take a  bow,   take a b ow...   
 
 
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on the  corner by a s treet   
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he sits in his l awnchair in the  heat   
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siteseers  see what they  want   
  
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he's selling starmaps to the sun   
 
 
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the  sandy haired son of h ollywood   
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l ost his faith in  all that's good   
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 closed the curtain unp lugged the clock,   
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 hung his clothes on the  shower rod   
 F# G#m  
but he  never got und ressed   
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and no he d idn't seem d epressed   
 
 
 E F#  
it's funny  how life turns  out   
 G#m F#  
the odds of f aith in the face of  doubt   
 E F#  
camera  one closes  in   
 G#m F#  
the soundtrack s tarts, the scene  begins   
 
 
 
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you're playing  you now (playing you now)   
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you're playing  you now  (playing you now)   
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you're playing  you now (playing you now)   
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you're playing  you now  (playing you now)   
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you're playing  you now (playing you now)   
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you're playing  you now  (playing you now)   
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you're playing  you now (playing you now)   
 
 
 
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take a  bow,   take a  bow...   
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take a  bow,   take a  bow...