Roast Beef

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He had roast beef for his last meal 
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His brothers went to market and to home 
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He was cut off from his family 
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Because he wanted to find freedom on his own 
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He saw his big chance for an escape 
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In helicopter rotating blades 
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And said goodbye to the pigsty 
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Quick as a guillotine he was gone 

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All his brother's jealous hearts were broken 
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'Cause something was afoot there in that shoe 
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But they all stuck together 
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'Cause there's nothing they could do 

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He went from right there in the middle 
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To smack dab in the center of attention 
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He was picked up, he was cradled 
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He was given his own freezer bag to live in 
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And for the first time in his long life 
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He felt the sunshine on every side 
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So he set sail like a hangnail 
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And waved back to the shore goodbye 

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His brothers always said it was so crowded 
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Well maybe now they'd finally have some space 
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But they were out of balance there 
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without him in his place 

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So he came back from vacation 
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Out of family obligation 
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And rejoined with those four vandals 
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For the sake of wearing sandals 

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Now we can't say he did not try 
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He gave up all his chances to be free 
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But once you've felt that kind of sunshine 
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You can't go back to the way you used to be 
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So when I look down and remember 
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Something's missing in the middle 
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May it always be a symbol 
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One day that will be me