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[Verse 1] |
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I once knew a man |
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Been everywhere in the world |
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Gave me a tiny ivory ball |
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Said it would bring me good |
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Never believed it would until |
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I have been loving you |
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[Verse 2] |
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Dear old man |
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He'd seen most everything |
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Gave me a piece of good advice |
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Said it would do me well |
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I couldn't really tell until |
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I have been loving you |
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[Verse 3] |
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Now it seems |
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Things are not so strange |
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I can see more clearly |
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Suddenly I've found my way |
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I know the old man would laugh |
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He spoke of love's sweeter days |
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And in his eloquent way |
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I think he was speaking of you |
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You are so lovely |
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You didn't have to say a thing |
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[Verse 4] |
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But I remember that old man |
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Telling me he'd seen the light |
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Gave me a small brown leather book |
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Insisted that he was right |
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I only heard him slightly |
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'Til I heard you whisper |
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Took you up all in my arms |
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[Outro] |
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Dear old man |
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Wise old man |
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Fine old man, now |