Ancient

History

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Stu pid mach ine!

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Stu pid mach ine!

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Mag ni fy a hun dred times! Mag ni fy a thou sand times!

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Where'd I put the ban dag es? Where'd I put the tow el ettes?

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Stu pid mach ine! I could be ex ami ning a map,

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Stu pid mach ine! Stud ents of the fut ure, take heed:

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Some thing more com plete than this crap, Look at it, it's bare ly a scrap.

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His tor y is mess y, ind eed! Look at it, it's start ing to bleed...

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I could spend an af ter noon in my arm chair,

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I could spend an af ter noon, im ma am chuh

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Watch ing Cas a blanc a, drink ing tea.

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Watch ing Mal tese Fal con, drink ing tea.

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No, but Shei la took the D V D! and the play er,

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No, but Shei la took the damn T V! Well, if that ain't

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too! Well, here's look ing at you!

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love! The stuff that dreams are made of!

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Shei la would a loved this let ter! Shei la would a had a fit!

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I can bare ly read the writ ing! Would n't this have wowed the wife!

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Some girl writ ing curs ive to her moth er in

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I stay in my room to write a let ter, oh,

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six teen God knows when! Ev er since the day I met her

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won't you please write back? Is n't in the least exc it ing!

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Shei la's hat ed all this shit! I'd say the past is all we've got...

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Reall y, what a sad, sad life!

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And as the let ter fades to gray...

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She'd say it seems an aw ful lot like

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Shei la's chor us starts to play! It's

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dry, old, dead, an cient, his tor y noth ing but a drop in the pail,

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worn down, grim, an cient, his tor y, fin ick y and frig id and fraught,

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Short, long, sad, an cient, his tor y far a way and mol ding and stale!

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Stuck up, slow, an cient his tor y, O K, now I'm bleed ing a lot!

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Fol i os and cur i os and smudg y T's and blur ry O's and

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Liv y and Thuc y did es and myr i ad stup id it ies and

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peer ing through a lens 'til you're blind! I'd say,

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peering ing through a lens 'til you're bored! I'd say,

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an y scrap could be the next big find, and she'd say: Are you out of your

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no one's leg a cy should be ig nored, and she'd say: Are you out of your

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mind? Now she's off in sun ny Sant or in i,

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gourd?

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cudd l ing with Gor don, eat ing cap ers, Fill ing out a fril ly gold bik

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in i and div orce pap ers.

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God, I should a known she'd fin ally let go,

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Ten years, and a mess we could n't clean up.

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Should a known from the get go, Should a known from the pre

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nup!

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Stu pid mach ine!

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Could a tried a hun dred times! Could a tried a thou sand times!

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Stu pid mach ine! Star ted ev ry fight that we had,

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Threw it when she real ly got mad, Sor ry, but your job is just sad.

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I could spend an af ter noon in my arm chair,

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Watch ing Grand Hot el and drink ing tea.

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No, but Shei la took the chair from me! Now I'm on my

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own. Good! I want to be a lone! Shei la would a loved this let ter!

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Rec ord of an un lived life! So rout ine and ted i ous that some bod y just

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ripped the whole thing up! Now if I could just for get her!

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Not the let ter girl, my wife. Ex wife now, stop slip ping, please...

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That's right! Ex wife, yeah, you heard me, she's...

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long, long gone an cient, his tor y hov er ing ar ound like a ghost,

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God aw ful an cient, his tor y worth y of a foot note at most!

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Quibb l ing and quarr ell ing and sniff l ing and snar l ing and

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bled. An a lyz ing what we knew was dead.

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Hear that, Shei la? That's right, I said: Get out of my head!

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