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Oooo-oooh

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Bb B F Abm

[Verse 1]
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Mama said I was allowed to love myself
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Instead, I found a crown, to counterfeit
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Put it on my head, strut around
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Putting on the ritz
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I put it in a book I write, inside my mind
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A quintessential classic in my mind

[Hook 1]
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I am waiting in the wings
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Me and my thespian, we're ready to get in
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I've got people in my skin
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Crawling around, I could be any one of them

[Verse 2]
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Off to dinner with a girl; ugly girl
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She asked me where I work; city, girl
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I'm the prince of thieves, come to bed
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I steal the imagery
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And put it in a movie set up in my head
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Of violence and sex up in my head

[Hook 2]
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I am waiting in the wings
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Me and my Fred Astaire, we're dying to get in there
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I've got people in my skin
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Crawling around, I could be any one of them

[Bridge]
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E      Dbm  B E
Aaa-aa-aah
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Aaa-aa-aah
A
I'd like to thank the academy
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Ma and Pa for never feeding me
E
All the drugs for creativity
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Love me, love me, love me, love me, love me

[Hook 3]
N.C                           Db
I am waiting in the wings
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Me and my thespian, we're ready to get in
Gb       Ebm          Bbm   Db
I've got people in my skin
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Crawling around, I could be any one of them
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I am waiting in the wings
Gb        Ebm                 Bbm          Db
Me and my Fred Astaire, we're dying to get in there
Gb       Ebm          Bbm   Db
I've got people in my skin
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Crawling around, I could be any one of them
Gb
We're all waiting in the wings
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We're all waiting in the wings

[Outro]
N.C
I got people in my skin