Intro
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Maybe you talk too high, man.
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Maybe I talk too slow.
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But you've got to live a little bit faster
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'cause you've got a little less time to go.
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I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
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but then you know me very well.
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And I can't change the wind
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and make it blow the other way.
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I'm a fool and I can tell...
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... that I'm alive and that's all,
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that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
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And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
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And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
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I don't know about the peo ple
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that I read about in books.
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And the kings and queens around my room
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with their quiet and dirty looks.
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I know I should be go ing somewhere,
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I just can't arrive.
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There's a reason for believ ing
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that I've never been alive.
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Alive.
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I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
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but then you know me very well.
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And I can't change the world
Gm
and make it go the other way.
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I'm a fool and I can tell...
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... that I'm alive and that's all,
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that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
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And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
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And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
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I don't know about the peo ple
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that I read about in books.
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And the kings and queens around my room
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with their quiet and dirty looks.
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I know I should be go ing somewhere,
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I just can't arrive.
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There's a reason for believ ing
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that I've never been alive.
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I know I should be go ing somewhere,
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I just can't arrive.
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There's a reason for believ ing
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that I've never been alive.
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Alive, alive.