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    Shelby Smiles

    14 May 2012, Orphans, track 4

    A sombre look at the human results of the Whiskey Media breakup, framed as a message for Jeff Gerstmann and as a follow up to The Express and Ryan.

    Here is a thread on Giant Bomb about it, including a link to an instrumental version.

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    rorie is the lowest he has ever been
    he has no time for you
    and ryan's spending time with his beyonce
    he has no time for you

    the 3ds has brought with it
    a new era of usability
    it's been a long time coming
    but no-one needs you any more
    what are you for?

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    you had your chance to save yourself and you
    you blew it
    you had your chance to save your company
    you blew it

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    will and norm pretending they're employed
    it is a sad scene
    gina fights back tears while they record
    it is a sad scene

    gary, taking pity, plays along
    and acts like normal
    but on the first of every month
    he sends what he can spare
    in the name of berman braun

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    somewhere in his mansion, shelby smiles

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    and now they're trying to build a wall between you all
    and so you tear it down
    the engineers are torn away from django
    php will make them frown

    meanwhile, several thousand miles away
    a man makes choices
    he chooses you
    he chooses to
    abandon rorie too

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    you had your chance to save yourself and you
    you blew it
    you had your chance to save your company
    you blew it
    toats a colons joint

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