I want to be beautiful, so I got a magazine
But it made me so sleepy, and now I'm in a dream
A voice says, "Go down to the river between the bridge and the ravine
And don't come out of the water till your light shines clean"

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Check it out, check it out, check it out
Check it out, check it out, check it out
Check it out, check it out, check it out
Check it out

I put my head underwater, it's like my childhood room
But the water won't clean me, it smells like women's perfume
How can I wash my sins away with the water from this poisoned stream?
And how can I get my light to shine when I don't know if I can be redeemed?

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I saw the Rocky Mountains on a dirty TV screen
But when I tried to polish it, I found that it was clean
Sometimes I want to buy Bob's old VW bug, drive back to 1969
But then who'd be around to polish it when I finally get my light to shine?

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