Noel's Lament

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In my life, I was Noel Gruber who worked at Taco Bell in Uranium City, Saskatchewan 
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But in my dreams I played a different role. I was Monique Gibeau in 
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Post-war France! 

Verse 1:

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A hooker with a heart of black charcoal 
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I write poems to burn by fire light 
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Drink champagne and guzzle gin 
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Good girls call me the town bicycle 
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Don't knock it till you've tried my life of sin 

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Oh Claude my pimp knows never mess with me 
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Last prick did that faded quick to black 
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I have no idea where to find him, officers- 

But if you do please mention that I'd 
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Like to have returned the pretty knife 
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That I stuck 10 times in his back 



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For I sing songs until the break of dawn 
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I embrace a new man every night 
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My life's one never ending carnival 
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A world of boozy-floozy flashing light 
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I want to be that fucked up girl 

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Verse 2:

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He said I think I am in love with you 
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I've heard that lie a million times before 
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Oh, but tonight I give in to the fantasy 
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Take love when you can when you're a whore 

 

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For I sing songs until the break of dawn 
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I embrace a new man every night 
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My life's one never ending carnival 
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A world of boozy-floozy flashing light 
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I want to be that fucked up girl 

Verse 3:

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So now I sell my love for opium 
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In some rat infested Chinese dive 
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At night I burn myself with cigarettes 
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Just to somehow prove I'm still alive 

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Eight months later I catch typhoid flu 
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Kicked out I see the ugly light of day 
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Dying in an alley, a priest kneels down to me- 

(Spoken) 

My child, do you have any final words to the Lord you'd like to say? 

Oui! Tell him that like Him I choose to burn out rather than fade away 



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For I sing songs until the break of dawn 
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I embrace a new man every night 
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My life's one never ending carnival 
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A world of boozy-floozy flashing light 

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For I sing songs until the break of dawn 
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I embrace a new man every night 
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My life's one never ending carnival 
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A world of boozy-floozy flashing light 

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I want to be that fucked up girl 

I wanna be that fucked up giiiiiirl 

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Broken heart, a flask of gin 
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Tattooed with a safety pin 
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Teeth all stained with nicotine 
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Running nylons, shattered dreams 
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Super crusty, holy terror 
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Wild eyes and black mascara 

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Broken heart, a flask of gin 
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Tattooed with a safety pin 
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Teeth all stained with nicotine 
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Running nylons, shattered dreams 
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Super crusty, holy terror 
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Wild eyes and black mascara 

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If I could have just one dream 

I'd be that fucked up girl 

Hey!