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Transcribed as a way to memorize the lyrics and song structure.

if ($thesun != $shine) { $i != $mind; } if ($themountains =~ /fell in the sea/) { let($_ = $b); $_ != $me; } &because(); if (6 <=> 9) { $i != $mind; } if ($allthehippies) { chop($hair); $i != $care; # I don't care! }
&because(); $whitecollar.$conservatives.$flashing.$down.$the.$street; @me = \$plasticfinger; @they = ("hoping", "soon"); my $kind <= ($drop && die); $i = $wave; my $freakflag = "high"; sub because{ $i = "got"; my $ownworld == "to "."live through" && !($i = $u); } $wave = "on" && $wave = "on"; $fall = $mountains.$just.$dont.$fall.$on.$me; $go_on = $mrbusinessman; $u != $dress.$like.$me; $i = $gotmy->{$ownlifetolive}; $i <= $the."1".$thats.$got.$to; $die.$when.$_; $time= "4".$me."2".$die +; $o; $me = $live; my $life; $the.$way.$i.$want.$to;