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Nine Plan Failed
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after nine years in the army
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they took away his brain
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they tattooed "defect" on his brow
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and signed him up again
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he killed ten thousand germans
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a hundred japanese
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a family of hindus
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and a lot of portugese
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nine plan failed
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I could never see the point
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of showing them you're boss
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when they drag you through the city streets
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and naiI you to a cross
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they took him to the office
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they strapped him to the bed
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they fastened lots of pretty wires
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securely to his head
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they wheeled him down the corridor
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upon a metal trolley
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now he wears big spectacles
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and he sings like Buddy Holly
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nine plan failed
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I could never see the point
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of showing them you're boss
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when they drag you through the city streets
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and nail you to a cross
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the world declared its armistice
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and took away his guns
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and now he satisfies himself
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on piss-weak tea and buns
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on piss-weak tea and buns
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oh oh at the disco
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Rome is very pretty
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and Rome is very grand
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but the Pope lost his four fingers
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when they gave this boy his hand to kiss
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when they gave this boy his hand to kiss
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it wasn't funny no
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he wasn't very good at school
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his highest grade was C
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but he believed the managers
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when they said: "you leave it all to me"
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they gave him suits from Saville Row
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the quality so fine
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so now he sits in the desert wastes
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just waiting for the sign
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nine plan failed
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Nine Plan Failed
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