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Artist: Donnie Darko
Canonical path: /donnie-darko/mad-world
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Mad World
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Mad World
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All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places
Worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
The tears are fillig up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head, I wonna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
Find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I 've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find hard to take
When people running circles its a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
And I feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
He looked right through me, 'looked right through me
And I find it kind of funny
Find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I 've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find hard to take
When people runnin' circles its a very, very
Mad world, mad world
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