Key: D major•
Verse 1
came up to town today
The dark down road of his approach
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and constant rain was drenched
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Then swore in French
Did you teach this little child
these curses on my soul?
That's the way to treat a child
who cries out in the night
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wrong from right
whoa
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There's a place where time stands still
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If you keep taking these little pink pills,
whoa
Hush your mouth, you hypocrite
It's humor, cut her deep
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just like sleep filthy words on children's lips
are better my dear spouse
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mind about this house
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There's a place where time stands still
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You keep takin' these little pink pills
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Well, on the first floor
there were two old maids
was a man so mild
Swallowed sleeping pills like dreams
With a bottle of sweet sherry that
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Everything re deems
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Woah -oh, he's a battered old bird
Woah -oh -oh -oh -oh
Woah -oh -oh -oh -oh
whoa -whoa -whoa
is the Macintosh man
rattlin' all through the night
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He's beggin' you for breakfast time
away all of my cares
And it is always Christmas
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in a cupboard at the top of the stairs
woah, woah
time stands still
He'll keep takin' these
Well, here's a boy, developed a wise
Who's gonna do big things
I've seen them rise and fall
through their big deals and smalls
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that goes beyond four walls
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playing with the traffic
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When pieces of him are already
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G Am A C...
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