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I'm told the eventual downfall
Is just a bill from the restaurant
You told me I could order the moon, babe
Just as long as I shoot what I want
What the last ten minutes have taught me
Bet the hand that your money's on
Where the Hell have the '70s brought me?
You trade me away, long gone
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
The time that your enemy gives you
Good times are not the ones you want
I've cried five rivers on the way here
Which one will you skate away on?
The tune you'll be humming forever
All the words are replaced and wrong
With a shower of "yeahs" and "whatevers"
You trade me away, long gone
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
Is just a bill from the restaurant
You told me I could order the moon, babe
Just as long as I shoot what I want
What the last ten minutes have taught me
Bet the hand that your money's on
Where the Hell have the '70s brought me?
You trade me away, long gone
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
The time that your enemy gives you
Good times are not the ones you want
I've cried five rivers on the way here
Which one will you skate away on?
The tune you'll be humming forever
All the words are replaced and wrong
With a shower of "yeahs" and "whatevers"
You trade me away, long gone
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
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Letter from an Occupant Lyrics as written by Carl Allan Newman
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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Chinup, I agree with you on all three accounts: "shoot what I want","skate away on", and "traded me away long gone" It's really quite clear.
And also, like you, I have not even the slightest idea what it could actually be about.