The Idol Brooker-Reid (a few fill ins and upbeats are missing)
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Oh the idol,
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Oh the idol
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They knew the monster's every trick
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They knew his secrets every stitch
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All of it had been a game
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Nothing but a charlatan
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Perhaps there was a chance of coming through
It even seemed that he might think it too
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But he could see no point in diving in
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But he knew that he would neither sink nor swim
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And so they found he'd nothing left to say
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Just another idol turned to clay
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It seemed to them he must know what to do
They knew that only he could pull them through
They thought that he would make a plan
He'd work it out, he'd understand
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Like drowning men they clutched at every straw
They knew that he had saved them all before
But he could see no point in diving in
He knew that he would neither sink nor swim
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