[RINGMASTER]
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The National Assembly is confused
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The Girondins blow back and forth
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Like flags and ashes scattered by the truth
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[BOY]
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Oi, Mister... What is a Girondid?
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[RINGMASTER]
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A Girondin is careful of the company he keeps
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He looks to find a sign before he leaps
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[TROUBLEMAKER]
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Like ranks of Marseillaise, six hundred deep
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Arraigned before the Tuileries
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[CHORUS]
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It's the end of monarchy
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Vive la Commune de Paris!
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[RINGMASTER]
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The presence of the Prussians on the border
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IS a worrisome thing
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The Brunswick manifesto
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Serves only to stiffen the sinews
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And weaken the King
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To depose him now
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Fills the Girondid hearts with fear
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But the Prussians cross the border
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And the order of the day becomes clear
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[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST & CHILDREN'S CHORUS]
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The monarchy is over
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No more days in clover
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[CHORUS]
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The monarchy, c'est fini
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[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST & CHILDREN'S CHORUS]
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Brunswick is a liar; just listen to our cannon fire
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[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
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The National Assembly comes in line
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With the half and the maimed
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And the dead and the dying
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The monarchy, c'est fini
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The National Assembly Is Confused
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| Roger Waters |
