Joy Without Pleasure

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When I was a little kid
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And all the people, they looked big
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I never exactly understood
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How to tell the tree from the wood

[Chorus]
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Joy without pleasure
Em            Am        C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all
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Joy without pleasure
Em            Am          C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all

[Verse 2]
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My Mama, she took me aside one day
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She said "you better have fun 
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while you play"
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Cause someday you'll wake up and 
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you'll be old
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And all of your youth will be 
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gone away

[Verse 3]
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And you'll work in a factory and 
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earn your pay
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And your fingers will rot and 
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your mind will decay
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You'll be happy, so happy, with 
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your family and house
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But you'll never, you'll never 
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enjoy yourself

[Chorus]
D               C     G
Joy without pleasure
Em            Am          C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all
D               C     G
Joy without pleasure
Em            Am          C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all

[Verse 4]
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The son of Charles Dickens and a 
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little red hen
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Dance the Watusi like it was a sin
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They try to enjoy it, but they 
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feel so guilty
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Guilt won't allow you to enjoy 
      D     G
stolen apples

[Other]
D               C     G
Joy without pleasure
Em            Am          C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all
D               C     G
Joy without pleasure
Em            Am          C   D   G
Ain't no fun, ain't no fun at all