Key: Eb major
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I once read this thing
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and now I regret it
It did not meet requirements,
so I had to forget it
No longer mine, I can't even express it
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If it was made,
then you wouldn't hear it
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and clear it I can't even touch it, or clutch it, and
They own the rights, and still haven't sold
it
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All I've left to give up is a ghost
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Ain't nobody to get me back
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All I've left to give up is ghosts
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Ain't nobody getting that
Something was wrong from
the very word go
They obviously knew things
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that I didn't know
They'd look for sedition and
sin and subversion
They'd doctor some lyrics
and scrap the dumb version
I once wrote this thing that
was poignant and true
They'd examined its content
and read it right through
Perhaps at some stage they
would bear it in mind
But our public's not ready
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for ideas of this kind
All I've left to give up is the ghost
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Ain't nobody getting that
All I've left to give for business
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Ain't nobody getting that
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Their words were direct and
cloaked in politeness
They said I should sing more
and actually write less
With all things considered
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their decision was final
It was in all our interest that
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it never saw the final
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They wanted simplicity,
not something commensal
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But I see their po sition,
and that of the censor
They plot out this course that
perhaps I take part in
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Ignoring the stuff that I put all my heart
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in
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I felt it was useless to
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And I knew that I'd never see 18 again
It was based on good sense
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OD'd and then it would sell
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My vision was powerful, brutal and stark
But somehow my bullet had
just missed its mark
As I mentally ripped up my
cheque for the floors
They made certain concessions and altered
my thoughts
but can't live
but I very
to offer and so much to say
But I pushed the wrong
button and got in their way
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ChordsE C#m B
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