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Artist: The Flaming Lips
Canonical path: /flaming-lips/you-have-to-be-joking
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You Have to Be Joking
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You Have to Be Joking
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You have to be joking
They wouldn't do what you said
Oh, my vision is blurred again
You have to be kiddin' me
They wouldn't do those unspeakable things
Oh, my Jesus
It's worse than you think
Stood here in the morning
Got no science to explain
Seems to me that God and the devil
Are both the same
You have to be lyin'
They wouldn't do what you told me about
Oh, my vision is blurred again (2x)
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