"Extra, Extra" lyrics

"Extra, Extra"

Selling papers on the corner
I saw a man yesterday
I asked him if he'd wanna
Tell me what made him this way
He said, when it's born, it's warm
Then it gathers strength in lies
When it falls, it falls all over you

He used to pick his friends
They left him in the end
An easy thing to lose
The right to pick and choose
When it's born, it's warm
Then it gathers strength in lies
When it falls, it falls all over you

He said he left his wife
The back-bone of his life
Another came along
But now I guess she's gone
When it's born, it's warm
Then it gathers strength in lies
When it falls, it falls all over you

I think I used to see
That old man on TV
Can you be the same?
It seems like such a shame
When it's born, it's warm
Then it gathers strength in lies
When it falls, it falls all over you

The world he thought he knew
Has better things to do
As I went on my way
I thought I heard him say:
When it's born, it's warm
Then it gathers strength in lies
When it falls, it falls all over you


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