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[Verse]
F AAnother obituary in the paper today,
F DOne more for the list of those who've already fallen.
F AAnother one of our comrades is taken down,
F DLike so many others of our calling.
F AWe tweet our anecdotes, our commentary,
F DOr we sing his songs in some sad tribute,
F AWhile the tabloids are holding a story of kiss and tell,
CThat he's no longer able to deny or refute.
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A D A D50,000 voices rising every time he'd sing,
A D A DAnd every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him.
[Chorus]
F AHow well I remember the stadiums we played,
F DAnd the lights sweeping across a sea of 50,000 souls we'd face.
F AA serious drug that you could never kick,
F DOr one that you couldn't imagine you'd ever replace.
F AWe flew like kites on the wings of amphetamine,
F DSecured only to a bass line and a snare drum beat.
F ABut really what did any of it mean?
CWhen there's a higher philosophy in reflection and defeat.
[Chorus]
A D A D50,000 voices rising every time he'd sing,
A D A DAnd every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him.
A D A DStill believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays,
A D ARock Stars don't ever die, they only fade away.
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F AReflecting now on my own past,
F DInside this prison I've made of myself.
F AI'm feeling a little better today,
F DAlthough the bathroom mirror is telling me something else.
F AThese lines of stress, one bloodshot eye,
F DThe unhealthy pallor of a troubled ghost.
F AWhere did I put my spectacle case?
CI'm half blind and as deaf as any post.
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A D A D50,000 hands are raised to a man that's just like you and me.
A D A DWe create the gods we can and gift them immortality.
A D A DStill believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays,
A D ARock Stars don't ever die, they only fade away.
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