Book On The Shelf

INTRO:
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VERSE:
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Well, I hope you have fun 
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splashin' in the slack tide
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Unchaperoned over on the flip side
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I write what I know about, made 
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up or true
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These songs aren't for me, 
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they're for you


VERSE:
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Memories like meteors fly through
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 my head
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The sand was pearl white, her 
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bikini bright red
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Retracing song lines gives me 
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goose pimples, still
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Like the trail boards upon Boo 
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Boo Hill


CHORUS:
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I know these stories   were all
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 lived before me
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Still, I've got a couple   that 
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I'll keep to myself

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I'm so damn lucky   to have an 
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all-star cast
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Some lovely, some crazy, whoever 
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thought this would last?


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You know if I hadn't lived it, 
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I'd read it myself
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Tellin' tall tales is still good 
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for my health
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Keep movin', and listenin', and 
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amusin' myself
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I'm not ready to put the book on 
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the shelf


VERSE:
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We all live some days vicariously
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Blinded by all the light we 
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cannot see
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Handed down stories, cave walls 
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to pens
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Worth tellin' again and again


VERSE:
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I call these modalities great 
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power tubes
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Placed in the hands of dreamers 
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and fools
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We're descended from court 
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jesters, quite sure of that
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Could you kindly pass around the 
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hat?


CHORUS:
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And I know these stories   were 
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sailed way before me
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Toss a note in a bottle    and 
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hope that it helps

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I'm so damn lucky   to have an 
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all-star crew
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Some stoic, some crazy,  some 
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just passin' through

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I guess music and lyrics are 
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what I do best
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I'm all done 'splaining or 
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passin' some test
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So pour me another, it's good for
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 my health
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I'm not ready to put the book on 
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the shelf


OUTRO:
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I'll keep scribblin' on pages, not
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 jumpin' off stages
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Not ready to put the book on the 
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shelf