| Grandpa said to cousin jed
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| Sittin' on the porch,
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| «i won’t retire
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| But i might retread
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| Seems like that guy singin' this song
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| Been doin' it for a long time
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| Is there anything he knows
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| That he ain’t said?
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| Sing a song for freedom
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| Sing a song for love
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| Sing a song for depressed angels
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| Falling from above"
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| Grandpa held the paper
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| Pretendin' he could see
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| But he couldn’t read without his glasses on
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| «how can all these people
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| Afford so many things?
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| When i was young
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| People wore what they had on… and mama said
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| 'a little love and affection
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| In everything you do
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| Will make the world a better place
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| With or without you'"
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| A little love and affection
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| In everything you do
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| Slammin' down a late night shot
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| The hero and the artist compared
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| Goals and visions and afterthoughts
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| For the 21st century
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| But mostly came up with nothin'
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| So the truth was never learned
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| And the human race just kept rollin' on
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| Rollin' through the fighting
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| Rollin' through the religious wars
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| Rollin' down the temple walls
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| And the church’s exposed sores
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| Rollin' through the fighting
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| The religious wars
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| Mostly came up with nothin'
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| «grandpa here’s your glasses
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| You’ll see much better now,»
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| Said that young girl of edith and earl’s
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| But grandpa just kept starin'
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| He was lost in some distant thought
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| Then he turned and said
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| To that young girl
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| «a little love and affection
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| In everything you do
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| Will make the world a better place
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| With or without you»
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| With or without you
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| A better place
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| With or without you
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| With or without you
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| Hear that rooster crowin'
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| Down on the double e
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| It’s a new morning
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| Dawning on the green
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| Bouncing off the towers
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| And the sun’s heading down for the streets
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| The business meeting
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| Window shades are drawn
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| Another morning edition
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| Headed for the porch
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| Because grandma puts down the paper
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| Before grandpa raises his fork
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| A little love and affection
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| In everything you do
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| With or without you
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| Hear the rooster crowing
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| Down on the double e |