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Congratulations by MGMT

Dead in the water
It's not a paid vacation
The (1)________ and daughters
Of city officials attend demonstrations
It's hardly a sink or swim
When all is well if the (2)____________ sells

Out with a whimper
It's not a blaze of glory
You look down from your temple
As people endeavor to make it a story
And (3)____________ a marble word
But all is lost if it's never heard

But I've got (4)______________ to make reports
That (5)________ me how my money's spent
To (6)________ my stays and draw my plans
So I can't tell what's really there
And all I need's a (7)__________ big:
Congratulations

I'll keep your dreams
You pay (8)__________________ for me
As strange as it seems
I'd rather (9)________________ than have you (10)____________ me
The ground may be (11)____________ fast
But I tied my boots to a broken mast

The (12)____________________ is clear
You throw it in (13)________ cauldron
Rust and veneer
Dusk and dawn (14)__________________ and Baldwins
You start with a (15)____________ stock of all the waste
And salt to taste

But damn my luck and damn these friends
That (16)________ on (17)______________ back (18)__________ smiles
I (19)________ my (20)__________ (21)________ half-assed guilt
And lay down the quilt (22)________ the lawn
Spread my arms and soak up:
Congratulations

Answers:
(1) sons(2) ticket(3) chisel(4) someone(5) tell(6) book(7) great(8) attention(9) dissolve(10) ignore(11) moving(12) difference(13) your(14) Steinways(15) simple(16) keep(17) combing(18) their(19) save(20) grace(21) with(22) upon