Before The Streets Were Paved

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Oh Grandfather tell me how it was 
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when you were young
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Was the world so very old when 
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your life had just begun?
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Oh Grandfather tell me is it true 
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you worked the land
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And the tools that you used you 
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made with your own hands

{Chorus}
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Before time was only money and 
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machines made man a slave
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Was the world all milk and honey 
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before all the streets were paved?

{Verse 2}
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Grandson, I'll tell you truly how 
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it was when I was young
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The world was full of wonder in my
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 first days under the sun
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Before time was only money and 
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machines made man a slave
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The world was milk and honey 
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before all the streets were paved

{Verse3}
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Now Grandson remember in the days 
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that are to come
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One thing I will tell you before 
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my life on earth is done
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Don't let time be only money, don't
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 let machines make you a slave
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And taste the milk and honey 
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before all the streets are paved

{Chorus}
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Before time was only money and 
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machines made man a slave
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The world was milk and honey 
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before all the streets were paved

{Outro) Slow
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Yeah there's more to time than money
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There's more to treasure than to 
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save
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Now taste the milk and honey
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Before all the streets are paved


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Before all the streets are paved