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Down the city street I hear a heart beatAnd what I give is returnedSomeone stumbles in gets up and starts againSays hey what have I earnedOut past the sun I hear a drumAnd I hear a distant laughOut at empire's end another begins againAnd you lay in your bedThat's why no one ever keeps upThat's why the wise ones all give upSo take the fruit from the tree take it in your teethTake it for all it's worthAnd when my sober nose starts to smell a roseIt makes me light in the headAnd when the wind clangs the chimes a sorrow beats in timeAnd it makes me smileAnd you ask what I've learned I say it may seem absurdBut there's nothing on fileThat's why no one ever keeps upThat's why the wise ones all give upSongtexteAnd if the riots start somewhere out in the darkDon't wake me till daylightCause in these city walls the fever don't run it crawlsAnd the mayor says stay rightAnd so I find a pub full of warm red bloodAnd I straighten my spineAnd in the summer heat my heart finds a beatAnd I tell you I'm fineThat's why no one ever keeps upThat's why the wise ones all give up Aus Songtexte Mania