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A Grand Prix occupation is where you go
Your own preoccupation is where you go
Broccoli Occupation is where you go
Your own Preoccupation is where you go
Can't imagine all the time
Getting edgy all the time
Dead selfie
Tell me something
For every occupation, it's where you go
Your own preoccupation is where you go
I got cold feet and it's startin' to show.
I'm paranoid and it's starting to show.
I know better than to try to change your mind.
I know better than to try to make you mine.
I went from south Peru to Kalamazoo
I went from San Berdoo to Kalamazoo
I'm paranoid and it's starting to show
Paranoid of people and it's starting to show.
This is a correction to other submissions where the 'correct' lyric is incorrect.
I'm paranoid at people and it's startin' to snow.
I'm paranoid and it's starting to show.
I'm paranoid of people at a Stalin show
I'm paranoid and it's starting to show
I'm steamin' out my head
And can hardly eat my cake.
There's demons in my head
And it's more than I can take.
My head's cut loose but my shirt is tight
My head's all loose but my shoes are tight
One habit I can't shake
One guy that I can't shake
Palm-tree occupation is the way to go
Your own preoccupation is where you go
There are streamers in my hair
And its more than I can take
There's demons in my head
And it's no more than I can take
There's streamers in my head
and it's more than I can say
There's demons in my head
and it's more than I can take
This dream is in my head and it's more than I can take
There's demons in my head and it's more than I can take
God! Get away!
God! Get away!
Gotta get away!
Gotta get away!
God ain't going nowhere, He made this Universe after all.