[Verse 1]
Watch the mistake in progress
Even if you don't believe in progress
There's a give and there's a take
And there's a move she forgot to make
In time to discover that
The glove was a plant, and the shill, his mean-spirited thing

[Pre-Chorus]
And she wants you, and she wants you
And she wants you to go
And she wants you, and she wants you
And she wants you to go

[Chorus]
But this is the way of perpetual roads
And this is the way of perpetual roads
And this is the way of perpetual roads
And this is the way

[Verse 2]
Watch the parade in progress
Even if you don't believe in progress
There was a will, there was a way
There was a bill we forgot to pay
In spite of all the accidental riches
Golden dawns and sudden glitches to the day
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[Chorus]

[Bridge]
It's a long climb down from obscurity
So cancel the keys to the city, please
Upon which I'll wretch the inextricable
Failures of popular wisdom and popular music

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