[Intro] D  C  D  C

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There's the stillness of death on a deathly unliving sea
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And the motor car magical world long since ceased to be
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When the Eve-bitten apple returned to destroy the tree
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Incestuous ancestry's charabanc ride
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Spawning new millions throws the world on its side
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Supporting their far-flung illusion, the national curse
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And those with no sandwiches please get off the bus

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The excrement bubbles, the century's slime decays
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And the brainwashing government lackeys would have us say
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It's under control and we'll soon be on our way
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To a grand year for babies and quiz panel games
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Of the hot hungry millions you'll be sure to remain
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The natural resources are dwindling and no one grows old
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And those with no homes to go to, please dig yourself holes
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We wandered through quiet lands, felt the first breath of snow
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Searched for the last pigeon, slate grey I've been told
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Stumbled on a daffodil which she crushed in the rush, heard it
Sigh
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And left it to die

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At once felt remorse and were touched by the loss of our own
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Held its poor broken head in her hands,dropped soft tears in the snow
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And it's only the taking that makes you what you are
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Wond'ring aloud will a son one day be born
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To share in our infancy in the child's path we've worn
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In the aging seclusion of this earth that our birth did surprise
 Em          Bm     D
We'll open his eyes