| Remember when the days were long
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| And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
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| Didn’t have a care in the world
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| With mommy and daddy standin' by But «happily ever after"fails
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| And we’ve been poisoned by these fairy tales
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| The lawyers dwell on small details
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| Since daddy had to fly
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| But I know a place where we can go That’s still untouched by men
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| We’ll sit and watch the clouds roll by And the tall grass wave in the wind
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| You can lay your head back on the ground
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| And let your hair fall all around me Offer up your best defense
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| But this is the end
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| This is the end of the innocence
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| O' beautiful, for spacious skies
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| But now those skies are threatening
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| They’re beating plowshares into swords
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| For this tired old man that we elected king
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| Armchair warriors often fail
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| And we’ve been poisoned by these fairy tales
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| The lawyers clean up all details
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| Since daddy had to lie
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| But I know a place where we can go And wash away this sin
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| We’ll sit and watch the clouds roll by And the tall grass wave in the wind
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| Just lay your head back on the ground
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| And let your hair spill all around me Offer up your best defense
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| But this is the end
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| This is the end of the innocence
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| Who knows how long this will last
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| Now we’ve come so far, so fast
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| But, somewhere back there in the dust
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| That same small town in each of us
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| I need to remember this
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| So baby give me just one kiss
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| And let me take a long last look
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| Before we say goodbye
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| Just lay your head back on the ground
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| And let your hair fall all around me Offer up your best defense
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| But this is the end
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| This is the end of the innocence |