Cliches Of The World B Movie
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Verse 1
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Sunset over the high-rise,
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by a motorway
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A little man looks up at the sky,
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an uneventful end to a wasted day
Chorus
(Guitar part *)
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Close-up on the man at the window,
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Looking at the street down below
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It's obvious he's got things on his mind
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He shakes his head, pulls down the blind
Verse 2
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He start's writing a letter,
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to make it perfectly clear
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He's just a man who's reached the end of his rope,
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expressing his doubts and his fears
Chorus
(Guitar part *)
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In a world, feels so lonely and afraid
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Disillusioned by the promises they made
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It's a pity that it ended up this way
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Life is just a cliché
Verse 3
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I'm gonna do tomorrow,
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what I did yesterday
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It's such a dull routine, somebody cut this scene
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It's such a boring cliché
Bridge
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Live life, day to day
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Seems so passé
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Everything you hear and say
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Just another cliché
Chorus
(Guitar part **)
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Like an actor on a movie screen
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Living out someone else's dream
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Living out a total misconception
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Reality, a false perception
Verse 4
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Whoa .. It's such a wasted life
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Whoa .. Without any conclusion
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Whoa ..
Bridge
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Days drift into days
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His life just slips away
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People so blasé
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Everything's a cliché
Chorus
(Guitar part **)
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Yes it is
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Yes it is
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Just an illusion
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Just an illusion
Verse 5
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Moonlight over the high-rise,
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at the end of the day
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The little man is asleep in his bed,
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tucked up, safely away
Verse
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In his dreams he's taken away by alien beings to another galaxy
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Deep in space, to a planet where a man can live out his fantasies,
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and experience unimaginable pleasures
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But morning comes and soon the realities of life will
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Shatter his illusions,
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and the cliches of the world will bring him down,
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but still he's waiting for a change
Bridge
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Days drift into days
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His life just slips away
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Everything is passé
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Everything's a cliché
Chorus
(Guitar part **)
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Yes it is
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Yes it is
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Just an illusion
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Just an illusion
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Yes it is
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Yes it is
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See the sunlight over the motorway
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The little man, with anger in his eyes
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Stands by the window, looks at the sky
Outro
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Intro
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