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Artist: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Canonical path: /the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart/contender
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Contender
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Contender
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Look what you've done what do you have now?
Things that never come,
Is it time to come down?
At the back of a crowded scene
You saw the boys in white sing
"i'm a pretender"
But you never were a contender
I heard your same old tune, singing city sins
Like you were the first one
Gave up books for film, gave up film for time
Now that you've got none
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