Key: A major
Verse 1
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I
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was born in the jungle,
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a sickening smell of
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cin namon in the air
Born in a white hole,
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and I can't believe the
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colors here today
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Stuck on a circle,
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well I've never been blessed
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with elephant memory
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I'm riding a red line to nowhere
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It takes 40 years
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before the guns can be paid for
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It takes 40 years to put the money away
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It takes 40 years
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to get the things that I need, sir
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It takes 40 years
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to walk the thunder and the rain
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Well, was born in a good home,
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where the rising cost of rais
ing children is not a factor.
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And I can't believe
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the things they've done to me.
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I'm filled with the white noise of,
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I never did much of anything anyway.
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Jump on a big train to nowhere.
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It takes 40 years
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for the guns to be paid for.
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If it takes 40 years, put the money away
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If it takes 40 years,
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get the things that I need, sir
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If it takes 40 years,
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I want the thunder and the rain
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Wanna buy me a good heart
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and a conscience
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Maybe raise some children,
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get me a good wife
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And a garden, garden, garden, garden
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Start me a new life
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with a six -foot color television
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Start me a new life somewhere
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I was born on a warm night
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on the right coast
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Southeastern America, dead on arrival
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But you can't believe
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the things you hear today
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Fly me a white plane over water,
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over blue and green
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And land in the ocean somewhere
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If it takes 40 years
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before the guns can be paid for
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If it takes 40 years to put the money away
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If it takes 40 years
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to the things that I need, sir
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If it takes 40 years,
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I'm gonna want that thunder, yeah
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And I want that rain
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Oh, I want that rain
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Come on now, now give me the sun,
now give me the sun,
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now give me the rain
I want that rain,
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I want the thunder and the rain
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