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Thinking in turns
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MadBoatMan
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Nonsense
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1480175
Just thoughts, really. Or would-be Depeche Mode song titles.
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Created: October 2nd, 2008 at 12:07
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Crime/Gangster
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Light of the moon/Dark of the eve
You at the wheel/Me in the seat
Slipping up notes/Talking in code
Thinking in turns/Wasting our words
like pearls
for herds
of swine
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