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The man from the television crawled into the train.
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I wonder who he's gonna stick it in this time.
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Ev'ryone was looking for a little entertainment,
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So they'll prob'bly pull his hands off when they find out his name.
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And then they shut down the power all along the line,
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And we got stuck in the tunnel where no lights shine.
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They got to touching all the girls who were too scared to call out.
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Nobody was saying anything at all.
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We were waiting for the end of the world.
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Waiting for the end of the world,
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Waiting for the end of the world.
     Em          G
Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're comin',


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Things got back to normal as the train began to roll again.
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We got to the station about twenty minutes later.
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The legendary hitchhiker says he knows where it's at.
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Now he'd like to go to Spain, or somewhere like that,
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With his two-tone Bible and his funny cigarettes,
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His sun tan lotion and his castenets.
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He was waiting for the end of the world,
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Waiting for the end of the world,
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Waiting for the end of the world.
      Em         G
Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're comin',


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And then the bride, the groom, the congregation and the priest
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All got onto the train when we were three stations east, yeah.

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Hiding from a scandal in the national press,
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They had been trying to get married since they stole the wedding dress.
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You may see them drowning as you stroll along the beach.
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But don't throw out the lifeline till they're clean out of reach.
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Waiting for the end of the world.
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Waiting for the end of the world.