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Congratulations by MGMT

Dead in the water
It's not a paid vacation
The sons and daughters
Of city officials attend demonstrations
It's (1)____________ a sink or swim
When all is well if the ticket sells

Out (2)________ a whimper
It's not a blaze of glory
You (3)________ down (4)________ (5)________ temple
As people (6)________________ to make it a story
And chisel a (7)____________ word
But all is (8)________ if it's never heard

But I've got someone to (9)________ reports
That tell me how my money's spent
To book my stays and (10)________ my plans
So I can't tell what's really there
And all I need's a great big:
Congratulations

I'll keep (11)________ dreams
You pay attention for me
As strange as it seems
I'd (12)____________ dissolve than have you ignore me
The ground may be moving fast
But I (13)________ my (14)__________ to a broken mast

The (15)____________________ is clear
You throw it in your cauldron
Rust and veneer
Dusk and dawn Steinways and Baldwins
You start (16)________ a simple (17)__________ of all the waste
And (18)________ to taste

But damn my (19)________ and damn these friends
That keep on (20)______________ (21)________ their smiles
I save my (22)__________ (23)________ half-assed guilt
And lay down the (24)__________ upon the lawn
Spread my arms and soak up:
Congratulations

Answers:
(1) hardly(2) with(3) look(4) from(5) your(6) endeavor(7) marble(8) lost(9) make(10) draw(11) your(12) rather(13) tied(14) boots(15) difference(16) with(17) stock(18) salt(19) luck(20) combing(21) back(22) grace(23) with(24) quilt