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and
BLAH BLAH
the hip hop beat won't leave me
and
BLAH BLAH
the beautiful women won't leave me
and
BLAH BLAH
blow jobs with champagne
and
BLAH BLAH
boys are dumb
and
BLAH BLAH
kids are breakdancing again and when the hell did that happen
and
BLAH BLAH
the Beastie Boys are the same age as me
and
BLAH BLAH
I can't get my head to stop nodding to the music
and
BLAH BLAH
my keyboard on my lap makes me global
and
BLAH BLAH
so what
and
BLAH BLAH
the kids in the bar make fun of me because I'm a geezer
and
BLAH BLAH
and because I'm a dork
and
BLAH BLAH
and because there was another guy in the other corner with a laptop
and
BLAH BLAH
and he was playing Duke Nukem
and
BLAH BLAH
and
BLAH BLAH
I am tonight officially old
for the first time in my life
tonight I am officially old
and
BLAH BLAH
BLAH BLAH
blah

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