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I'm picking up my pen today
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Like Boris Vian did
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I hope a letter
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when the noise under your windows
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it's the people rumbling
taking over your boulevards
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while the filthy beast
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I'm not here for war
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when injustice blooms
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those who once
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It's the nurse on duty
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who can't count her tears anymore
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every night when she looks at
the hospital that's dying
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hanging from teachers' arms
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What's more beautiful
climbing on the step stool
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If I dare these few lines
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it's 'cause we're walking crooked
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deep inside your hideout
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You don't run France
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like you run a bank
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Notice the ones sinking
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taking turns throwing in the towel
And the laughter in heaps
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when a dad hangs himself
Our lovely house is burning
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for schemes and calculations
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it's time we heal
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you're gravely insulting
to the cradle of Enlightenment
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of women breaking free
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but step down a notch
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of millions of decent folks
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Slap cuffs on me
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shut me up right now
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Maybe you've read me
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you hardly have time
and frankly, neither do I
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my heart's set on fighting