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Come on baby it’s an odyssey
But I don't know if you’re too blind to see
I can take you there but don’t forget about me

I blew all my money on a submarine
I’ll let you drive it if you keep it clean
Deeper and deeper and everywhere in between

It’s about time that I left this scene
Been running in circles since I was seventeen
Now I know what life can be
So darling don’t you dare laugh at me
It’s an odyssey

My sailboat is in for repair
And my plane would never get in the air
But it’s alright I have a chute and flare

Bring a map and avert your eyes
I didn’t know you couldn’t do sunrises
We'll write our names high up in the skies

I really have to leave this scene
Been running in circles since I was seventeen
Now I know what life can be
So darling don’t you dare laugh at me
It’s an odyssey
It turns out the chic inherited the Earth
They sold it off for less than half of what it’s worth
And now the last ship out of here has no berths
The silent majority has been left standing in the surf
Now they’ll use their voices
To scold themselves for their choices

It always feels good to fill up your glass
Maybe one of these days I can make mine last
I spent 40 days in the desert in case anyone asks
It’s the done thing if you don’t have a podcast
And though I saw him, he held no riches
Or so it says so in the scriptures

You know that he might rise again
And walk the bombed out streets of Bethlehem
The cauldron boils from the hatred of men
Who say their life is so precious yet freely condemn
The souls of children into the abyss
As he looks down from his crucifix

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