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Do you remember our best adventure? |
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Stealing off to climb Westers Hill? |
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Creeping out of our house at midnight? |
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Do you remember on the way down after |
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I cut my leg right open on that fence? |
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And I cried and I cried |
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It was just a hill we climbed that night |
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But it felt like top of the world |
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"Top of the world, ma!" |
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I'm on top of the world |
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"Our teachers had faith in their lessons |
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Their doctrine, but these facts are unreliable |
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These cracks are undeniable," you said |
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"Do you feel the warmth beneath your feet? |
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That's cos the Earth is so very old" |
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They should have warned us years ago |
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We should have been told that secret |
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Kept by Mum and Dad which covered everything |
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"At first it's dark |
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And then it's light |
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And then it's dark again..." |
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"You're bleeding, but it's alright |
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'Cos we'll stay awake the whole night |
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'Cos I found a rock in an ancient place |
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And it's older than the human race |
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So let's build a fire |
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A homing light |
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For astronauts and satellites |
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For scientists with soldier's hearts |
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For pioneers of Earthly arts |
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You and me |
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We're dead in the blink of an eye |
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We've been and gone |
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We're dead in a blink of the Earth's eye" |