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Congratulations by MGMT

Dead in the water
It's not a (1)________ vacation
The sons and daughters
Of city officials attend demonstrations
It's (2)____________ a (3)________ or swim
When all is (4)________ if the ticket sells

Out with a whimper
It's not a blaze of glory
You look (5)________ (6)________ (7)________ temple
As people endeavor to (8)________ it a story
And chisel a marble word
But all is lost if it's never heard

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

I'll keep your dreams
You pay (11)__________________ for me
As strange as it seems
I'd rather dissolve (12)________ (13)________ you ignore me
The ground may be (14)____________ fast
But I tied my boots to a broken mast

The difference is clear
You throw it in (15)________ cauldron
Rust and veneer
Dusk and (16)________ (17)__________________ and Baldwins
You start with a (18)____________ stock of all the waste
And (19)________ to taste

But (20)________ my (21)________ and damn (22)__________ friends
That keep on combing (23)________ their smiles
I save my grace with half-assed guilt
And lay (24)________ the quilt upon the lawn
Spread my arms and (25)________ up:
Congratulations

Answers:
(1) paid(2) hardly(3) sink(4) well(5) down(6) from(7) your(8) make(9) make(10) book(11) attention(12) than(13) have(14) moving(15) your(16) dawn(17) Steinways(18) simple(19) salt(20) damn(21) luck(22) these(23) back(24) down(25) soak