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?Surrender!? sang the nightingale, peeled his paint chipped windowsill He took at as an omen and a sign to leave his window open all the time ?Mary Full of Grace,? he prayed as he drank every dime he made Wait to watch the sunset at horizon like a light Like a giant matchstick strikes the sky He watched this whole world, world catch fire Victor raised on Mercy Street stickball in the city heat Fireworks displayed out on the Fourth of July He got his father's drugs and his mother's pride Got HIV in '89 at a party down on 3rd and Vine Now he sells his body down on Juniper and Pine Look through you with is clear blue eyes And watch this whole world, world catch fire Oil slick and silver sleeves sedatives and TV scream Lady Justice in the stable where the table sat to dine But she's breaking bread with the swine And the crooked king makes paupers bleed ?God bless his guns,? the papers read Glory, glory, glory! War and love are fair and blind Close your eyes and pledge allegiance to prime time And watch this whole world, world catch fire Isabella she was a refugee in Philadelphia's new century Met her husband Diego on the unemployment line SongtexteHe did not speak ingles and his face was cut And Diego worked in the factories 'til recruited overseas With a promise they placed him to the firing line He died with one question in his mind How did this whole world, world catch fire? How did this whole world, world catch fire? Aus Songtexte Mania