THE BALLAD OF MOTT THE HOOPLE (Album Version)-Mott The Hoople

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[00:10.31]i changed my name in search of fame
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[00:14.62]to find the midas touch
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[00:19.18]oh i wish i'd never wanted then
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[00:23.99]what i want now twice as much
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[00:28.74]we crossed the mighty oceans
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[00:32.68]and we had a few divides
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[00:37.93]but we never crossed emotion
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[00:41.93]for we felt too much inside
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[00:46.68]you know all the tales we tell
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[00:51.62]you know the band so well
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[00:54.99]still i feel somehow we let you down
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[01:05.36]we went off somewhere on the way
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[01:09.30]and now i see we have to pay
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[01:13.80]the rock'n'roll circus is in town
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[01:34.80]buffin lost his child-like dreams
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[01:38.80]and mick lost his guitar
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[01:42.80]and verden grew a line or two
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[01:47.50]and overend's just a rock'n'roll star
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[01:52.81]behind these shades the visions fade
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[01:56.55]as i learn a thing or two
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[02:00.62]oh but if i had my time again
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[02:04.99]you all know just what i'd do
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[02:10.30]rock'n'roll's a loser's game
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[02:13.80]it mesmerizes and i can't explain
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[02:18.68]the reasons for the sights and for the sounds
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[02:26.92]we went off somewhere on the way
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[02:31.62]and now i see we have to pay
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[02:36.93]the rock'n'roll circus is in town
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[03:30.36]so rock'n'roll's a loser's game
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[03:34.43]it mesmerizes and i can't explain
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[03:38.87]the reasons for the sights and for the sounds
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[03:47.68]the greasepaint still sticks to my face
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[03:51.55]so what the hell i can't erase
[03:54.86]the rock'n'roll feeling from my mind
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[04:08.80]from my mind from my mind from my mind
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[04:36.11]from my mind from my mind from my mind
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[05:00.99]from my mind