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Heir, Apparently

from Ghosts Before Breakfast by Slumplifter

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lyrics

let's all pay our stately dues:
a sacrificial lamb or two,
a hundred million tributes piled high

and while i slave and toil
a rose has sprouted from the soil
too glorious for this poor boy to hide

all hail her style & grace
the way she walks while standing in place
oh! what a delicate thing!
it's a pleasure indeed
but it remains to be seen...
if our puppet's an authentic human being

i'm a humble serf who serves his lord
i haven't an inspired thought!
(but i can rest, assured, that nor do you)

and still! some stare down their nose
they dare to say it's all for show
i'm blinded but i know it can't be true!

ba ba ba ba ba...

i hate it when i smudge my ink
i like my thickshake not too thick
i like it when my music's not too loud

and now i'm giving in...
yielding to the common din
my only whim's to blend within the crowd.

all hail her style & grace
the way she moves while standing in place
oh! what a delicate thing
like a twig in the wind
such a precious machine
it's a pleasure, indeed
but it remains to be seen...
if our puppet's an authentic human being!

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from Ghosts Before Breakfast, released September 20, 2016
vocals, pianos, guitars, bass: hunter

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