Genius Next Door

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Verse 1:
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   Some said the local lake had been enchanted
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   Others said it must have been the weather
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   The neighbors were trying to keep it quiet
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   But I swear that I could hear the laughter
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   So they jokingly nicknamed it the porridge
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   'Cause overnight that lake had turned as thick as butter
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   But the local kids would still go swimming, drinking
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   Saying that to them it didn't matter

Chorus:
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   If you just hold in your breath
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   'Til you come back up in full
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   Hold in your breath
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   'Til you thought it through, you fool

Verse 2:
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   The genius next door was busing tables
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   Wiping clean the ketchup bottle labels
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   Getting high and mumbling German fables
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   Didn't care as long as he was able
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   To strip his clothes off by the dumpster
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   At night while everyone was sleeping
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   And wade midway into that porridge
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   Just him and the secret he was keeping

Chorus:
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   If you just hold in your breath
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   'Til you come back up in full
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   Hold in your breath
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   'Til you thought it through, you foolish child

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Verse 3:
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   In the morning the film crews start arriving
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   With donuts, coffee and reporters
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   The kids were waking up hungover
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   The neighbors were starting up their cars
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   The garbage men were emptying the dumpsters
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   Atheists were praying full of sarcasm
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   And the genius next door was sleeping
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   Dreaming that the antidote is orgasm

Chorus:
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   If you just hold in your breath
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   'Til you come back up in full
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   Hold in your breath
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   'Til you thought it through, you foolish child

Outro:
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