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Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd

Hello
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone home?

Come on, now.
I hear you’re feeling down.
Well I can (1)________ (2)________ pain,
Get you on your feet again.

Relax.
I need some (3)______________________ first.
Just the basic facts:
Can you (4)________ me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding.
A distant ship (5)__________ on the horizon.
You are (6)________ coming (7)______________ in waves.
Your lips (8)________ but I can’t (9)________ what you’re sayin’.
When I was a child I had a fever.
My hands (10)________ just (11)________ two balloons.
Now I got that feeling once again.
I can’t explain, you (12)__________ not understand.
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.

Ok.
Just a little pinprick.
There’ll be no more --aaaaaahhhhh!
But you may feel a (13)____________ sick.

Can you stand up?
I do believe it’s working. good.
That’ll (14)________ you (15)__________ for the show.
Come on it’s time to go.

There is no pain, you are receding.
A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon.
You are (16)________ coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re sayin’.
When I was a child I (17)____________ a fleeting glimpse,
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to (18)________ but it was gone.
I (19)____________ put my (20)____________ on it now.
The (21)__________ is grown, the dream is gone.
I have (22)____________ comfortably numb.
Answers:
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