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Dear prowler
Be discreet so I don't know you're there
Dear prowler
I can hear your footstep on the stair
I thought that we agreed I'd give you what you need

Dear robber
Here's the key to all my precious things
Dear robber
Just be gone when my alarm clock rings
I thought that we agreed I'd give you what you need

I'm waiting
I'm hesitating
No patience
No hesitations

It's not that I'm afraid
I only want to know
How the game is played
Before the whistle blows

Dear killer
Don't kill me until I fall asleep
Dear killer
Don't forget to plunge the knife in deep
I thought that we agreed you'd give me what I need

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