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Artist: King Crimson
Canonical path: /king-crimson/facts-of-life
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Facts Of Life
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Facts Of Life
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Six billion ants
Crawling on a plate
Six billion ants
Crawling on a plate
None of them give back
As much as they take
Six billion ants
Crawling on a plate
Doesn't mean you should
Just because you can
It doesn't mean you should
Just because you can
Like Abraham and Ishmael
Fighting over sand
It doesn't mean you should
Just because you can
That is a fact of life
That is a fact of life
Now some of us build
And some of us teach
Some of us build
Some of us teach
And some of us kill
What some of us eat
That is a fact of life
That is a fact of life
Nobody knows
What happens when you die
Nobody knows
What happens when you die
Believe what you want
It doesn't mean you're right
That is a fact of life
That is a fact of life
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