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words and music by Arlo Guthrie |
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And for myself I have no regrets |
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That time has taken what it soon forgets |
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A gambler's paradise in short vignettes |
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These stolen moments from the hourglass |
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A burning candle while the night-time lasts |
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Upon my pillow where my dreams float past |
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And all my memories seem to come alive |
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I think of everyone who still survives |
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And those who haven't may yet still arrive |
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I want to take the time to let you know |
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I've had a hard time letting feelings show |
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And through it all I love you even so |
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A poet's pleasure is to hear in time |
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The painter pictures what he's left behind |
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I close my eyes and it all leaves my mind |
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I sit alone and hear the sparrow sing |
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No way of knowing what tommorow brings |
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I leave my solitude upon his wings |
