Footnote lyrics by Pearls Before Swine. Perfection of a kind was what he was after The poetry he invented was easy to understand He knew human folly like the...
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Perfection of a kind was what he was after
The poetry he invented was easy to understand
He knew human folly like the back of his hand
He had an interest in armies and fleets
When he laughed respectable senators laughed at his feet
But when he cried the little children died in the streets
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