Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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When I was 10 years old I always
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needed to be told
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by the fact that we grow old
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But as the days slipped by I felt
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the pressing need to cry
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And I quickly understood
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exactly why they'd had to lie
Verse 2
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because the sun seemed full of hope
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men and learnt I could tell jokes
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But sadness has a subtle face
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and then it came to gloat
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hung by their skipping rope
Verse 3
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Isn't it too hard to conceive
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Doesn't it bring you to your knees?
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And all I want to do
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Is to float with the river so free.
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Verse 4
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although it has no fists
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and ties you by your skinny wrists
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Death will take your lips from you
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so that you cannot kiss
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out for all the love you'll miss
Verse 5
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And I had a friend who thought he
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knew exactly where he stood
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him as long as he did good
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But life and love ran through his
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veins and opened up his mind
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terror sings at night
Verse 6
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Isn't it too hard to conceive
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Doesn't it bring you to your knees
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And all I want to do is
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Verse 7
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in this poetry of fear
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what cried darkly in his ears
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And he would understand that though
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I wrote these words to sing
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Verse 8
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Isn't it too hard to conceive
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Doesn't it bring you to your knees
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And all I want to do is to
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float with the river so free
Verse 9
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before they'll take a hold
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that I won't grow old
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And maybe when I'm 84 I'll
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sit and sing this song
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fear is dead an d gone
Verse 10
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Isn't it too hard to conceive
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Doesn't it bring you to your knees
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And all I want to do is
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to float with the river so free
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