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A name 
I recognize that name 
It was at the center of some ticker tape parade 
The lead story, 
A fine example 
A name, a name 
A name I recognize that name 
It was at the center of some magnifying glass 
The lead story, a fine example 
A name, a name 
He used to pretend he was fighting some war somewhere 
Now everything depends on fighting some war 
He never thought he'd be an exclamation point 
A demonstration of his disease 
A punctuation mark 
A household name with hiv 
Still, it's just still sound