I Was Born Kenneth King chords by Jonathan King
Verse 1
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I was Bob Kenneth King
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In the middle of the century
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Hoping to avoid finishing
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In cemetery or penitentiary
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Not intending to fade away
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Here to face another day
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Misspent youth of wireless kind
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Told the truth quite hard to find
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Wrote some words, spoke my mind
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Did some work and then resigned
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Irritated, of ten quoted
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Once elected, never voted
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Saw the eras come and go
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Watched the moon float by
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Chasing dreams both fast and slow
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Flashes in the sky
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Sometimes taking, sometimes giving,
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eating out the living
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People make a lot of fuss
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about what happens to us
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I just cherish what I've got,
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one day here, the next day not
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Changed my name to Jonathan,
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switched my inspiration
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Had a hit, a silly song,
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without much dedication
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Disdain, and scribbled lines,
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libel, stunt, complaints and fines
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I was born an entertainer,
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in the middle of the century
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Hoping to avoid finishing,
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in seventy or eighty -three
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Must be friends, I might fall
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I've regretted it, I know
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But you is comes before all
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So singing big,
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I'm thinking small
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I've pro duced no TV, got no wife
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Had a wonderful,
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spectacularly pointless life
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I Was Born Kenneth King
Jonathan King
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