Key: D major
Verse 1
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F#m
Now you may have observed, if you walk into a wall,
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you get a certain sensation of reality.
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When you take a look through your memory book,
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you may perceive a certain rhythmic regularity.
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on the brightest day.
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And there was once a little man,
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he worked all day, slept all the night.
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A
He looked at the sun, it didn't seem bright,
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Em
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it didn't seem right.
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And he set out to find
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The events in the world and the seasons on
off the mind.
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So he asked his wife about it,
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and his wife said yes.
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it's time to know less.
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Due to much of questions of
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politician's in charge.
house just the next day
his hair dyed gray.
blow you up or kiss the ground
He had those false pretenders,
had to love his style
Bound to make some havoc
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with that violent smile
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Hey,
Salvador
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Dali, make a walking, talking something
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Muchos dollars if you can
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An d so the little man
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who makes the plan?
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and who has the key?
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Now you are asking me,
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who makes the scene?
His
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Highness
King
Gold, and
Madame
Queen
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They keep it all a -rustling with
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makes the world go around
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Em
An d so the little man asked
Gold and
Madam
Silver,
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Come, tell me what you can, and
King
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Lifting his golden voice from his
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golden bed.
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Now, money is something, it's a basic flow,
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And me,
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I am the archetype of jewels and dough
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But me make decisions, no,
we all have some
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And if you want to check the picture,
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Want to check it, check it with
God
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And so the little man
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To the heavenly lands
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And it doesn't seem clear
Now
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heavenly chair,
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on the heavenly air.
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to get right from wrong,
Said,
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for all that goes on?
a heavenly thing,
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He gave that little questioner a heavenly wink,
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F#m
Men have colored me with the
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colors of their minds, so I find
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They use me as an excuse for all kinds of goofs,
and for crimes of all kinds
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All your so hard facts,
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painted thinly on the void
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Why were you not more pleas
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antly employed?
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Am
Anything you want to do,
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And it's true, it makes you happy, oh,
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you know it makes the world more bright
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And you shall have liberty, liberty
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It always was yours anyway
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You're one of my kind
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You're an infinite mind
There's nothing more
I can't say
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