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Artist: Matthew Barber
Canonical path: /matthew-barber/man-in-a-movie
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Man in a Movie
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Man in a Movie
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There's a man in a move that I'd like to be
There's a boy in the story who longs to be free
There's a girl on the sidewalk and she wants to be
With a man in a movie that I'll never see
There's a ship on an ocean that I'll never sail
There's a circular notion that dooms us to fail
And they're serving that potion at the places I haunt
Where I get what I need and I hate what I want
Oh I get what I need but I hate what I want
'cause we let them all bleed for our own rock of salt
and we turn a blind eye to the suffering and pain
'til a man in a movie reminds us again
Well there's peace in a valley still somewhere I know
Where the people will rally and fight for their home
And I love you darling but this I won't flaunt
That I get what I need and I hate what I want
Oh I get what I need and I hate what I want
'cause we let them all bleed for our own rock of salt
and we turn a blind eye to the suffering and pain
'til a man in a movie reminds us again
and we go on believing it's all in the name
of a Hollywood ending the reason we came
of a Hollywood ending the reason we came
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