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Backroom

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Backroom

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Some of my old friends say I'm self possessed

I hope you don't mind if I get something off my chest

Between you and me I only go out at night

Sunlight in my eyes just makes me uptight

In the backroom we be drinking all night

We be living in a vacuum

We be looking for a fight

In the backroom we be drinking all night

We be running out of headroom

We be looking for a fight

Crowd was thinning out

And he came through the door

I look right at him

He looks at the floor

Awkward glances catch the thread long ago

I'm seeing red

Does your sister dress you up

Does the devil know you're dead

I don't know if Gabriel keeps a place for me

I still want to go to heaven & see what I can see

I don't want to have St Peter close the gate on me

I still want to get to heaven & be what I can be

We had moved to the place

I heard them say 'Last Call'

I stepped over all of them

And walked on down the hall

The man says not to wait for judgment

It comes everyday

Absolution at a price

And we all have to pay

In the backroom we be drinking all night

We be living in a vacuum

We be looking for a fight

In the backroom we be drinking all night

We be running out of headroom

We be looking for a fight

I don't know if Gabriel keeps a place for me

I still want to go to heaven & see what I can see

I don't want to have St Peter close the gate on me

I still want to get to heaven & be what I can be

Shoo sha doo

Shoo sha doo

Shoo sha doo

Shoo sha doo

Shoo sha doo

Shoo sha doo

Shoo sha doo

Shoo

(We be drinking all night)

In the backroom we be drinking all night

We be living in a vacuum

We be looking for a fight

In the backroom we be drinking all night

We be running out of headroom

We be looking for a fight

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