| Seven years old with a brand-new coloring book
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| Every page with the perfect design
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| You can decide on the colors that you like
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| As long as you stay in the lines
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| Tell me what did you learn at school today
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| Did they show you what you’re worth in numbers and signs
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| You can read every word you can solve every equation a hundred times
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| Just to wonder what comes next, oh
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| All these years of filling out papers
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| Building a future, keeping your head down
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| Tryin' to keep a head on your shoulders, keep it creative, make it your own
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| somehow
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| Cause It’s all a piece of the plan
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| It’s something You’ll understand
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| When you’re older
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| The day the leave and it’s all before your feet
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| You’ve heard all the tips and the tricks
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| So you hum to a tune singing you’ll figure it out soon
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| You’re a smart kid, tough kid, but you’re still a kid that grew
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| Throw em in the water
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| They will sink or float
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| If you don’t then you will never know
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| Throw em in the water
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| They could sink or float
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| But unless you let it happen, you will never know
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| Throw em in the water
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| Let them sink or float
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| Give em what they need to move on, then you let them go
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| Throw em in the water
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| They will sink or float |