ONSIND - Memoirs Of A Dutiful Daughter

      [Intro]

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[Verse 1]

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Gretchen grabbed her copy of ‘the catcher in the rye’, 
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And she shoved it in her rucksack with her packed lunch and a Ruger .45,
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The tube was crowded but she didn’t really mind, 
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She liked the close proximity it made her feel alive, 
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Cause she didn’t want to waste another fraction of a second, 
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Isolated from the people that she saw, 

Today was different, she could feel Westminster beckon, 
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She wasn’t staying silent anymore, 
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As she sat thinking ‘bout the dream she had the night before, 


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[Verse 2]

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The crowds were gathered ready to shout and abuse, 
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Gretchen squeezed her way up to the front so that she had a decent view, 
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A head of state on foot about to wander through, 
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200 angry people with complaints long overdue, 
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And they didn’t want to waste another perfect opportunity, 
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To give this lousy, lying sod what for, 
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and Gretchen’s heart was pounding faster than a bumblebee, 
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As she reached for her gun and she had a thought, 
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A funny thought about the dream she had the night before, 


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[Verse 3]

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Gretchen cleared the fence just as her prey was walking past, 
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She shouted “Oh Prime Minister!” and aimed the gun and heard an instant blast, 
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And as she hit the ground she realized her fate, 
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A bullet to the chest from a young copper by the gate, 
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And he knew he couldn’t wait another fraction of a second, 
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To neutralize the threat he saw appear, 
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As she lay dying she was calmer than she’d ever felt, 
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She waited for the world to disappear, 
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It disappeared into the dream she had the night before, 


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[Bridge]

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The one thing that no one could have predicted, 
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Was the content of the letter that she had inside her coat, 
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But that’s the thing the morning papers went with, 
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“The girl who chose to die just to send us all a note”, 
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And Gretchen knew the gun was never loaded, 
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She simply couldn’t go on feeling frustrated by life, 
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So she wrote an open letter to the public, 
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And the public had it read to them by newsreaders that night, 
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And this is all it said,
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Dear Public, 

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They get big by making us feel small, 
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I’d rather play this game by my rules, or not play this game at all, 
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They shoved the world into millions of boxes,
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and I can’t help but feel the squeeze, 
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So I’ll take my cue from Thelma and Louise. 
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So I’ll take my cue from Thelma and Louise.
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So I’ll take my cue from Thelma and Louise.