Third Swan

i've grown complacent i cannot think
 i am the third swan, the non-white one,
 the not quite sun on the water of Leith
 ducking i am diving for political belief
 i am dragging up scum
 i am the waste from the slums i am
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 you can have your cake
 but someone else will scoff
 i cannot live to ninety five
 i want to die whilst i am alive
 i rode shotgun with the roof down
 amusement arcade dance
 how the Vauxhall bounced
 the Kinkell Braes i, i swore took aim, aye,
 i am a king of the world
 a king of the world shot down
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 you hit the new year sprinting gold
 no late december weight upon your shoulders
 now you're shot of me
 my balance the envy of a new born foal
 my sea legs knocking in the shallows
 now you're shot of me
 i rode shotgun with the roof down
 amusement arcade dance
 how the Vauxhall bounced
 the Kinkell Braes i, i swore took aim, aye,
 i am a king of the world
 a king of the world shot down
 i rode shotgun with the roof down
 amusement arcade dance
 i am a king of the world shot down