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an old man turned ninety-eight |
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he won the lottery and died the next day |
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it´s a black fly in your chardonnay |
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it´s a death row pardon two minutes too late |
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and isn´t it ironic...dontcha think |
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it´s like rain on your wedding day |
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it´s a free ride when you´ve already paid |
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it´s the good advice that you just didn´t take |
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who would´ve thought...it figures |
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mr. play it safe was afraid to fly |
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he packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye |
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he waited his whole damn life to take that flight |
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and as the plane crashed down he thought |
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"well isn´t this nice..." |
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and isn´t it ironic...dontcha think |
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well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you |
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when you think everything´s okay and everything´s going right |
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and life has a funny way of helping you out when |
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you think everything´s gone wrong and everything blows up |
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in your face |
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a traffic jam when you´re already late |
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a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break |
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it´s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife |
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it´s meeting the man of my dreams |
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and then meeting his beautiful wife |
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and isn´t it ironic...dontcha think |
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a little too ironic...and yeah i really do think... |
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life has a funny way of sneaking up on you |
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life has a funny, funny way of helping you out |
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helping you out |