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Congratulations by MGMT

Dead in the water
It's not a paid vacation
The sons and daughters
Of (1)________ officials attend demonstrations
It's (2)____________ a sink or swim
When all is well if the ticket sells

Out with a whimper
It's not a blaze of glory
You look down from your temple
As people endeavor to make it a story
And (3)____________ a marble word
But all is lost if it's never heard

But I've got someone to (4)________ reports
That tell me how my money's spent
To (5)________ my stays and draw my plans
So I can't (6)________ what's really there
And all I need's a great big:
Congratulations

I'll keep your dreams
You pay attention for me
As strange as it seems
I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me
The (7)____________ may be moving fast
But I tied my boots to a broken mast

The (8)____________________ is clear
You throw it in your cauldron
Rust and veneer
Dusk and dawn (9)__________________ and Baldwins
You start with a simple stock of all the waste
And salt to taste

But damn my luck and damn these friends
That keep on combing back their smiles
I save my grace with half-assed guilt
And lay down the quilt upon the lawn
Spread my (10)________ and soak up:
Congratulations

Answers:
(1) city(2) hardly(3) chisel(4) make(5) book(6) tell(7) ground(8) difference(9) Steinways(10) arms