Jonathan Coulton – Ikea (Guitar)

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Long ago in days of yore

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It all began with a god named Thor

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There were Vikings and boats

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And some plans for a furniture store

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It's not a bodega, it's not a mall

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And they sell things for apartments smaller than mine

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As if there were apartments smaller than mine

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I ke a  (Ikea) just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen

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I ke a  (Ikea) selling furniture for college kids and divorced men

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Everyone has a home

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But if you don't have a home you can buy one there

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So rent a car or take the bus

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Lay your cash down and put your trust

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In the land where the furniture folds to a much smaller size

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Billy the bookcase says hello

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And so does a table whose name is Ingo

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And the chair is a ladder-back birch but his friends call him Karl

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I ke a  (Ikea) just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen

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I ke a  (Ikea) selling furniture for college kids and divorced men

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Everyone has a home

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But if you don't have a home you can buy one there

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   Ikea: plywood, brushed steel

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   Ikea: meatballs, tasty

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   Ikea: Allen wrenches

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All of them for free

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All of them for me

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I'm sorry I said Ikea sucks

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I just bought a table for sixty bucks

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And a chair and a lamp and a shelf and some candles for you

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I was a doubter just like you

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Till I saw the American dream come true

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In New Jersey, they got a goddamned Swedish parade

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I ke a  (Ikea) just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen

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I ke a  (Ikea) selling furniture for college kids and divorced men

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Everyone has a home

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But if you don't have a home you can buy one there