Same Old Story

Intro 

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Hello 


 
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It's the same old story 
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The people stay broke while the few turn a profit 
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Kids need food, but they keep makin' rockets 
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Six rich guys wanna pick the world's pocket 
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How can we stop it? 
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Same old story 
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People want peace but the power insists that the fire can't cease 
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Born too late to fight in the Middle East 
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But born just in time to fight in the Middle East 
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It's the same old story 
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And every time we align our priorities 
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And start to learn that w should question our authority 
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A man in a suit points the finger of blam at his own least favourite minority 
 

 
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Same old story 
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Same old wars stay fightin' for glory 
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Same old men callin' shots since the forties 
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And they don't mind if the things get gory 
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Same old, same old story 
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It's the same old story 
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It's the same old story 
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The people are clear, we don't wanna hear 
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The same old- 
 

 
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The scientists are sayin' that the climate needs savin' 
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(But what were they saying in 2010?) 
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The scientists were sayin' that the climate needs savin' 
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(Okay, but how about in 1995?) 
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The scientists were sayin' that the climate needs savin' 
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(But when I was growing up, they didn't say these things!) 
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The scientists were still sayin', since the 1950s, we need to quit playin'! (Oh my God) 
 

 
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Same old story 
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Same old wars stay fightin' for glory 
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Same old men callin' shots since the forties 
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And they don't mind if the things get gory 
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Same old, same old story 
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It's the same old story 
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It's the same old story 
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The people are clear, we don't wanna hear 
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The same old- 
 

Outro 
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(The situation is more complicated than it seems) 
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Gettin' real sick of the same old story 
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(If our friends on the other side of the aisle would just work with us) 
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Let me bring an end to the same old story 
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(But what am I supposed to tell my corporate donors?) 
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I just wanna finish this same old story 
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(Wait, don't write that down) 
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The people are clear (Who are?), we don't wanna hear 
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The same old- 
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(I thought all of this was off the record)