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This guitar is sat upon me
It's the one thing that's not beyond me
It cuts my fingers into pieces
But its music never ceases
To amaze me, finding meaning
In the smallest, most fleeting things

It's a big old world, there's a lot to take
And every boy and girl is gonna make mistakes

So for this song that I'm singing
I need a hero, I need a villain
Both with motives, both with feelings
And charisma through the ceiling
Write two people, write 'em sky-high
Flip a coin to pick the bad guy

It's a big old world, there's a lot to take
And every boy and girl is gonna make mistakes

So the next time someone hurts you
Remember we all got faults, we all got virtues
Everybody is on the same line
And being average is just fine
And yeah there's saints but just like the monsters
You'll never meet them, you wouldn't wanna

It's a big old world, there's a lot to take
And every boy and girl is gonna make mistakes

If there's one thing I've learned from Mario Kart
It's even monsters have got a human heart sometimes

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from Two Shiny Songs, released July 30, 2012
Written and performed by Joel Dear.

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