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One, two big school
Big school
Servant to master
Sinister bastard
All the worlds are
Colliding all around you
Knowledge escapes you
Society rapes you
I've got my notebooks
And I'm going back to
Big school
It's the big school
Now we're talking about
The big school
Big school
Now if I could free you
What would you be then
Look at my eyes through the telephoto lens
And notice the traces
Of faraway places
We're both driving my car back to the
Big school
It's a million miles away
And it's in the backyard
The big school
And it's way up on the hill
The big school
Big school
Don't look back
Don't you ever look back
Cause it just might catch you
Big school
Big school

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i Saw Star Wars On Apr 26, 2002

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2002-04-26 21:55:01

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by Erodeo

15y ago

This song is about a Big School.

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