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[Verse 1]
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Gather around you people now to the tale that I tell

About the last time my friend moved he decided to move to hell
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They call it Creslawn California down there USA
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For God and his wisdom burned it down one beautiful day
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He could not sleep for restlessness, downtown he went
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Where he ran into some rednecks looking to experiment

[Verse 2]
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Me and this man had a band once and we were called The Shapes

You probably never heard of us and that really is okay
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We drank and we threw up sometimes we practiced and played
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Our drummer couldn't figure out whether he was straight or he was gay
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We went on tour within walking distance of our house
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Maybe that is why no one knew what our sound was all about

[Chorus]
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Thats why I say gather around you people now 
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Get your money out to lend
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We're all leaving town for good again
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For good again

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[Verse 3]
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We drink up at the high school by the stairs on the hill

Everything looked beautiful with enough booze and pills 
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It was nice to know that no one in their right mind would drop by
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Just bitch about some bull now and the lights lit up the sky
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You'd never understand the things my friend Eric put us through
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He had this Powepoint presentation about this girl he want to do
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Well now we were all such fools but who was keeping score

Most the people who still hate us they don't live here anymore

Thank God I don't live here anymore

[Chorus]
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Thats why I say gather around you people now 
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Get your money out to lend
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We're all leaving town for good again
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For good again

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[Verse 4]
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We lived in the house and it was down on Lincoln street 

We payed the bills now and they turned out the heat
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I lived up in the attic right above the bathroom 
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When I could pay my rent and deal illegal drugs thats exactly what I do
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We barbecued in that alley until Paul poisoned me with raw meat 
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Sometimes I come home at 4 AM and go race down in the streets

[Verse 5]
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It was a low level existence thats probably what people'd say

But I wrote songs in that attic that I now get paid to play

So if you don't like people who live in attics now might be the time to say

Cuz' everybody who is anybody, in my opinion, 
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at one time lived in somebody's hallway 

[Chorus]
                   D7                 E
Thats why I say gather around you people now 
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Get your money out to lend
                    E              A
We're all leaving town for good again
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For good again

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[Outro]
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Thats why I say gather around you people now
          A              D7
Get your money out to lend
                    E              A
We're all leaving town for good again
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For good again
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For good again
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For good again