Regina Spektor - Genius Next Door lyrics

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Some said the local lake had been enchanted<br>

Others said it must have been the weather<br>

The neighbors were trying to keep it quiet<br>

But I swear that I could hear the laughter<br>

So they jokingly nicknamed it the porridge<br>

Cause of a night that lake had turned to stick as butter<br>

But the local kids would still go swimming, drinking<br>

Saying hat to them it doesn't matter<br>

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If you're just holding your breath<br>

Til you come back up in full<br>

Holding your breath<br>

Til you thought it through, you're full<br>

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The genius next door was busing table<br>

Wiping clean the ketchup labels<br>

Getting high and muttering German fables<br>

Didn't care as long as he was able<br>

To strip his clothes off by the dumpster<br>

At night while everyone was sleeping<br>

And wade midway into that porridge<br>

Just him and his secret he was keeping<br>

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If you're just holding your breath<br>

Til you come back up in full<br>

Holding your breath<br>

Til you thought it through, you foolish child<br>

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In the morning the film crews start arriving<br>

With donuts, coffee and reporters<br>

The kids are waking up hung over<br>

The neighbors were starting up their cars<br>

The garbage men were emptying the dumpsters<br>

Atheists were praying full of sarcasm<br>

And the genius next door was sleeping<br>

Dreaming that the antidote is orgasm<br>

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If you're just holding your breath<br>

Til you come back up in full<br>

Holding your breath<br>

Til you thought it through, you foolish child<br>

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<i>[Thanks to Zack for these lyrics]</i><br>

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