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Artist: The Teardrop Explodes
Canonical path: /the-teardrop-explodes/reward
Related lyric paths: 6
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Reward
Read Reward lyrics by The Teardrop Explodes on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Reward
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Bless my cotton socks I'm in the news
The king sits on his face buttons all askew
All wrapped up the same
All wrapped up the same
They can't have it
You can't have it
I can't have it too
Until I learn to accept my reward
Princes stand in queues they stand accused
Death in solitude like Howard Hughes
All wrapped up the same
All wrapped up the same
Silence has it
Arrogance has it
I can have it ooh
Until I learn to accept my reward
Suddenly it struck me very clear
Suddenly it struck me very clean
All wrapped up the same
All wrapped up the same
You can't have it
I can't have it too
Until I learn to accept my reward
Until I learn to accept my reward
Until I learn to accept my reward
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