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 Well, today a friend told me this sorry tale

As he stood there trembling and turning pale

He said each day's harder to get on the scale sort of

Like Jacob Marley's chain

 But it's not like life's such a veil of tears

It's just full of thoughts that act as souvenirs

For those tiny blunders made in yesteryears

 That comprise Jacob Marley's chain

 Well, I had a little metaphor to state my case

It encompassed the condition of the human race

 But to my dismay, it left without a trace

Except for the sound of Jacob Marley's chain.

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 Now there is no story left for me to tell

So I think I'd rather just go on to hell

Where there's a snowball's chance that the personnel

 Might help to carry Jacob Marley's chain

Down to carry Jacob Marley's chain

 Down to carry Jacob Marley's chain

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