Intro
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I hope you spend your days
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writing verses on your page.
May your life be a Walden Pond swim.
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Taking showers in the cold
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and your glasses filled to their brim.
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And I hope you treat your heart
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real nice and real smart.
May your life be a Walden Pond swim.
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Can't be worthless seein' stars,
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buying rocky-road for me and him.
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Stay in that water and
keep where you're feeling fine but
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I'm just the daughter of a man who lives on oak and wine and I
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swim like my father
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and remember hard days drivin' miles across county lines.
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I hope you realize
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why the clouds are always crying.
May your life be a Walden Pond dive.
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Shaking flowers at the ground
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while you live the life you did at five.
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And I hope it's testified
Dm
for you the best had been denied.
May your life be a Walden Pond swim.
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May you find your love tonight
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and the times you have are never grim.
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Stay in that water and
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keep where you're feeling fine but
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I'm just the daughter of a man who lives on oak and wine and I
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swim like my father
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and remember hard days drivin' miles across county lines.
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I've still got those pictures that I found in a bucket.
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They're all up on my wall.
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And I've still got those paintings that you did for my birthday
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way back in the fall.
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And I've still got those pictures that I found in a bucket.
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They're all up on my wall.
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And I've still got those paintings that you did for my birthday
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way back in the fall.
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Mmmmm mmmm
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Mmmmm
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