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I remember I wasn't much older than four - maybe five, at the most
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the go-to-school mornings were colder - no such thing as a bus
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our mother'd be searching for schoolbags and combing our hair the wrong way
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As she buttered our toast and buttoned our coats, here's what my mother would say
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We all need a hug in the morning and one at the end of the day
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And as many as possible squeezed in between to keep life's troubles at bay
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No matter, wherever you ramble, your problems be great or be small
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It is my belief - for instant relief - a hug is the best cure of all
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I met an old exile in Boston, who longed to go back home one day
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But he thought no-one there would be carin’, for he’d been so long away
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To stop a tear drop in his coffee, he gave his old whiskers a tug
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And I knew that he’d give all he needed to live
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For a big welcome-home-again hug
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We all need a hug in the morning and one at the end of the day
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And as many as possible squeezed in between to keep life's troubles at bay
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No matter, wherever you ramble, your problems be great or be small
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It is my belief - for instant relief - a hug is the best cure of all
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There’s a doctor who lives out in China, a master of medical arts
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They tell me that there is no finer in curing all defective parts
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He says that the very best treatment - the only truly safe drug
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The only elixir that surely will fix you
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Is a big warm, old-fashioned hug
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We all need a hug in the morning and one at the end of the day
Em A D A
And as many as possible squeezed in between to keep life's troubles at bay
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No matter, wherever you ramble, your problems be great or be small
Em A D
It is my belief - for instant relief - a hug is the best cure of all
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And when Adam was cast from the garden and feeling that life was unfair
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his temper was starting to harden when Eve said “I've nothing to wear”
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But God in his mercy looked kindly, He gave his wide shoulders a shrug
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I’ll give human kind a small piece of my mind
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And so he created the hug
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We all need a hug in the morning and one at the end of the day
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And as many as possible squeezed in between to keep life's troubles at bay
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No matter, wherever you ramble, your problems be great or be small
Em A D
It is my belief - for instant relief - a hug is the best cure of all
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E letter can bring consolation, a phone call can brighten the night
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In the midst of great aggravation, they can put at least some things to right
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But when your heart feels like it's breaking, your life slipping down past the plug
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And you feel like a ghost, the thing you want most
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Is someone to give you a hug
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We all need a hug in the morning and one at the end of the day
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And as many as possible squeezed in between to keep life's troubles at bay
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No matter, wherever you ramble, your problems be great or be small
Em A D
It is my belief - for instant relief - a hug is the best cure of all