Imitation Of Life - R.E.M.

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Imitation of Life - REM

[Intro]
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[Verse]
            
  Charades pop

            
 skill, Water 

            
hyacinth named

            
 by a poet, im

           
itation of lif

   
e.
            
Like a Koi in 

             
a frozen pond,

             
 like a goldfi

   
sh in a bowl,
            
I don't want t

             
o hear you cry

 
.

[Chorus]
             
That sugar-can

            
e, that tasted

            
 good, that ci

              
nnamon, that's

     
 Hollywood.
             
Come on, come 

            
on, no one can

               
 see you try.

[Verse 2]
            
  You want the

            
 greatest thin

             
g, the greates

              
t thing since 

             
bread came sli

   
ced.
              
You've got it 

            
all, you've go

           
t it sized.
            
Like a Friday 

             
fashion show, 

             
teenager freez

           
ing in the cor

ner,
            
trying to look

             
 like you don'

     
t try.

[Chorus]
             
That sugar-can

            
e, that tasted

            
 good, that ci

              
nnamon, that's

     
 Hollywood.
             
Come on, come 

            
on, no one can

               
 see you try.

[Middle 8]
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(No one can se

             
e you cry)

[Chorus]
             
That sugar can

            
e, that tasted

              
 good, that's 

            
freezing rain,

             
 that's what y

   
ou could.
             
Come on, come 

            
on, no one can

               
 see you cry.

[Bridge]
             
This sugar can

            
e, this lemona

            
de, this hurri

             
cane, I'm not 

 
afraid.
             
Come on, come 

            
on, no one can

          
 see me cry. 
             
This lightning

             
 storm, this t

             
idal wave, thi

            
s avalanche, I

       
'm not afraid.
             
Come on, come 

            
on, no one can

            
 see me cry.

[Chorus]
             
That sugar can

            
e, that tasted

              
 good, that's 

            
who you are, t

             
hat's what you

 
 could.
             
Come on, come 

            
on, no one can

               
 see you cry.
             
That sugar can

            
e, that tasted

              
 good, that's 

            
who you are, t

             
hat's what you

 
 could.
             
Come on, come 

            
on, no one can

                        ( 
 see you cry.