Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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There was a man whose
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memories were made up,
Of nothing.
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He pushed the elevator button,
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Yes his business had prospered but women get lonely sometimes,
now she has the house
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His son in college had dropped out,
had not spoken to him.
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the wrong way.
He wondered.
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No No mail, from anyone.
¡°I'm home¡± he said softly,
as he opened the door
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And gazed at his empty apartment.
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Aching, thinking.
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Southbound jericho parkway
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Is what you call a one-way street.
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street.
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Southbound jericho parkway
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Is what you call a one-way street.
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street.
against the pedal
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Aimed his Lincoln steady and drove himself
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into a wall.
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How could a thing sush as this ever happen.
a clean man yeah,
That's what he was a
good and clean man
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when they're all alone
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At his age.
The young man sat,
on a small woven mat.
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While the silken smoke it
The cigarettes were there to prove
he didn't care
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telegram he'd just read.
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Father, father, father.
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You always seemed to be so out of reach.
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And the psychedelyc sign
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read: peace.
Apartment in New York,
a girl closes the door,
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And leans against it with her
Thoughts raced through her mind
Of when she was a child.
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she didn't know.
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Father, father, father.
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She wished she had phoned
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There were so many things she had to
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say
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Henry, the check is in my hands
We'll have flowers,
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And the sun rose,and the sunset
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As it always has,
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were busy being born,
And time when past.
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