Second Nature

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[Verse 1]
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     A memo to a higher office
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     Open letter to the powers that 
be
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     To a god, a king, a head of 
state
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     A captain of industry

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      To the movers and the shakers
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      Can't everybody see
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      It ought to be a second nature
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      I mean the places where we 
live
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      Let's talk about this sensibly
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      We're not insensitive

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     I know progress has no patience
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       But something's got to 
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give


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[Chorus]
A              G                 
I know you're different, You know
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 I'm the same
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We're both too busy to be taking 
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the blame
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I'd like some changes, but you 
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don't have the time
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We can't go on thinking it's a 
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victimless crime
           G         A            
No one is blameless, But we're all
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 without shame
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 We fight the fire while we're 
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feeding the flames


[Verse 2]
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       Folks have got to make 
choices
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       And choices got to have 
voices
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       Folks are basically decent
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       Conventional wisdom would say
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       Well we read about the 
exceptions
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       In the papers every day

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       It ought to be second nature
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       At least, that's what I feel
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       Now I lay me down in 
Dreamland
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      I know perfect's not for real
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      I thought we might get closer
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      But I'm ready to make a deal


[Chorus]
A          G                     
Today is different, and tomorrow 
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the same
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It's hard to take the world the way
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 that it came
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Too many rapids keep us sweeping 
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along
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Too many captains keep on steering 
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us wrong
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It's hard to take the heat, it's 
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hard to lay blame
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To fight the fire while we're 
                A
feeding the flames


[Verse 2 again]
E B/F#
       It ought to be second nature
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       At least, that's what I feel
E B/F#
       Now I lay me down in 
Dreamland
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      I know perfect's not for real
B F#
      I thought we might get 
closer...