My Grandfather

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When I was a boy,the summers 
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were ours
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He would take me down to the sea
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He’d stand on the waters edge
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And watch me go crazy
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As the gentle waves rolled in
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Lookin' back I wonder how he 
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must have felt
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Watching me and running so free
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All the years in his life he wished
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 he could forget
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Did he look at the world through 
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me?

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When I was a man I flew across 
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the Ocean
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When I heard he needed care
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I listened as he spoke of his 
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turbulent life
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From his ordinary chair
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And he ended by saying
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'Oh,I've had enough
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The time has come for me to go
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I have only one wish
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That is left in me
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To be taken peacefully'

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Just before I was due to marry
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I heard he could not walk anymore
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It was then he gave up fight
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I had said goodbye
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Almost one year before

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And I'll never forget something 
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he told me
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“Yes it’s a cruel world ,but you 
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must live without fear”
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Well I sure do miss my 
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grandfather
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He's the reason why I'm here
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