Try, Try, Try

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 Pop__ Tart__,    what's our mission_?     Do we know__    but never listen_?
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 For too long__   they held me under__    But_ I_ hear__  it's almost over__
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 In De__troit_    on a Memphis train_   Like you said,

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it's down_ in the heat and the summer rain_
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The augauze of your memories__
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Down_ in the sleep at the airplane races_      Try___ to_ hold_ on__

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     to this heart__    a little bit lon_ger_   Try___ to_ hold_ on__
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     to this___ love__  a__loud___       Try___ to_ hold_ on___
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_    for this___ heart's__   a little bit colder   Try___ to_ hold_ on___
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     to this___ love___

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Paperback scrawl your hidden poems_
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Written around the dried_ out_ flowers_
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Here we are, still trading_ places__         Try___ to_ hold_ on__
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Pop__ Tart__,    can you envision__       A free world__   of clear division_?
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For too long__   they held us under__     But_ I_ know__   we're getting over_
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In De__troit__    with the Nashville tears_    Like you said,

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it's down_ in the heat with the bro_ken_ numbers_
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Down_ in the gaze of solemnity_
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Down_ in the way you've held_ together_      Try___ to_ hold_ on__

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     to this heart__    a little bit clo_ser_   Try___ to_ hold_ on__
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     to this___ love__  a__loud___       Try___ to_ hold_ on___
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_    for this___ heart's__   a little bit older   Try___ to_ hold_ on___
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     to this___ love___ a__loud___

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          And we are____ still_ a_live__      Try__ to_ hold_ on_
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          And we have____ sur_vi_ved__        Try__ to_ hold_ on_
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          And no one___ should_ deny__        We tried_ to_ hold_ on___

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to the pulse of the feedback_ cur_rent_
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Into_ the flow of encrypted_ movement_
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Slap_back_ kills_ the ancient_ remnants_     That try__ to_ hold_ on_
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                  Try___ to_ hold_ on_
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    to this heart__   alive__     Try___ to_ hold_ on_
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    to this love__     aloud__    Try___ to_ hold_ on_
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     And we are__ still_ a_live__    Try___ to_ hold_ on_
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     And we have__  sur_vi__ved__    Try___ to_ hold_ on_
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 Pop__ Tart__,   you never listen_   Skinned_ knees__  Try__ to_ hold_ on_
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 Stop__ start__,  what's our mission?  Skinned_ knees_   Try__ to_ hold_ on__
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