North Sea Bubble

Intro: 
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I went out drinking with Thomas Paine 
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He said that all revolutions are not the same 
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    They are as different as the cultures 
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   That give them birth 
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For no one idea 
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Can solve every problem on Earth 
 

 
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So don't expect it all to happen 
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In some prophesied political fashion 
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    For people are different 
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    And so are nations 
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    You can borrow ideas 
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But you can't borrow situations 
 

 
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In Leningrad the people say 
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Perestroika can be explained this way 
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    The people who told us 
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    That two and two is ten 
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    Are now trying to tell us 
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That two and two is five 

Instrumental: 
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Outro: 
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We're living in a North Sea Bubble 
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We're trying to spend our way out of trouble 
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You keep buying these things but you don't need them 
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But as long as you're comfortable it feels like freedom 
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My American friends don't know what to do 
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But they'll wait a long time for a Beverley Hills coup 
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We're living in a North Sea Bubble 
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We're trying to spend our way out of trouble 
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War! What is it good for? It's good for business 

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