Key: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Hung- up child of clay
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So the drunken poets pretty words
Didn't help you find your way
Verse 2
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He was born before his time?
Or was it his for thinking
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Gsus4
He might save you
Verse 3
Black cats backing up a big oak tree
Last words looking for a line to rhyme
sea- saw- sea
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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tonight
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Their sleepy heads to lay
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With pen in hand I take a stand
I got nothing deep to say
Verse 5
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To whisper only to the wind
Some men k** with bullets
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Lord, others use a pen
Verse 6
Small talks marching to a nursery rhyme
Stop watch watching for a chance to die
Outro 1
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