| One time you’re looking for I-don't-know
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| But, then you find it
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| Please, won’t you tell me so, oh yeah
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| Now every young fool
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| (Young fool)
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| Throughout the land
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| (Throughout the land)
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| Looking for someone who understands (Someone)
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| While all the old ones
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| (All the old ones)
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| They discredit this
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| (They discredit this)
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| Talkin' 'bout the good old days
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| That they miss
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| See how blind you’ve been (See how blind you’ve been)
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| Sow how the world you livin' in is changing (Changing)
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| Lord have mercy
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| (Changing)
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| All around us is greed and hate
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| We better wake up or soon it will be too late
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| I guess what they want
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| (I guess what they want)
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| Is some peace of mind
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| But, I know it’s very hard to find (Very hard)
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| You can’t borrow it
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| (No, you can’t borrow it)
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| From strength
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| So mine got to come from within
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| We oughta stop and think (We oughta stop and think)
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| The signs show the brink of destruction (Signs show the brink)
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| (Destruction)
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| Now, everybody stop to take heed
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| Or they’ll lose someone they really, really needed
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| See how confused you are
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| Everyone near and far, is seeking
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| (Seeking)
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| While I was looking for I-don't-know
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| When you find it, please tell me, tell me
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| Won’t you tell me
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| See how blind you’ve been (See how blind you’ve been)
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| Sow how the world you livin' in is changing (See how the world you live in is
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| changing)
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| Lord, have mercy
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| (Changing)
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| All around us is greed and hate
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| We better wake up or soon it will be too late |