| Telephones ringing jet planes a leaving
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| Another deadline to beat
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| Driven by desire to get all I ever needed
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| But still my life seemed incomplete
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| The crazy schedule the constant shuffle
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| Workin' late every night
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| The race that I was runnin' left me tired and empty
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| There wasn’t any rest in sight
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| The pleasures of wealth
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| Mixed with dreams of greater glory
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| Once all my eyes could ever see
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| I used to hear me say the busier the better
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| But in these later days I’ve got another song to sing
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| Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
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| Like summer breeze on a starlit night
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| Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find
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| Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
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| Like a happy home with a wonderful wife
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| Oh I never knew the joy that I could find
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| In the simple things
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| Friendly chatter the sounds of laughter
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| At a backyard barbecue
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| Children saying the darndest things
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| Like «Daddy I love you»
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| The pleasures of wealth
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| Mixed with dreams of greater glory
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| Once all my eyes could ever see
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| I used to hear me say the busier the better
|
| But in these later days I’ve got another song to sing
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| Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
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| Like summer breeze on a starlit night
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| Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find
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| Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
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| Like a happy home with a wonderful wife
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| Oh I never knew the joy that I could find
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| In the simple things
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| Oh the simple things
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| Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
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| Like summer breeze on a starlit night
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| Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find
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| Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
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| Like a happy home with a wonderful wife
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| Oh I never knew the joy that I could find
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| In the simple things
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| Oh the simple things |