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Intro: D* C (do this 3 times.)
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grandpa said to cousin jed
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sittin' on the porch,
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"i won't retire
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but i might retread
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seems like that guy singin' this song
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been doin' it for a long time
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is there anything he knows
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that he ain't said?
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sing a song for freedom
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sing a song for love
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sing a song for depressed angels
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falling from above"
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grandpa held the paper
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pretendin' he could see
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but he couldn't read without his glasses on
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"how can all these people
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afford so many things?
when i was young
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people wore what they had on...and mama said
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'a little love and affection
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in everything you do
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will make the world a better place
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with or without you'"
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a little love and affection
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in everything you do
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slammin' down a late night shot
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the hero and the artist compared
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goals and visions and afterthoughts
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for the 21st century
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but mostly came up with nothin'
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so the truth was never learned
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and the human race just kept rollin' on
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rollin' through the fighting
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rollin' through the religious wars
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rollin' down the temple walls
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and the church's exposed sores
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rollin' through the fighting
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the religious wars
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mostly came up with nothin'
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"grandpa here's your glasses
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you'll see much better now,"
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said that young girl of edith and earl's
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but grandpa just kept starin'
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he was lost in some distant thought
then he turned and said
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to that young girl
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"a little love and affection
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in everything you do
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will make the world a better place
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with or without you"
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with or without you
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a better place
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with or without you
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with or without you
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hear that rooster crowin'
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down on the double e
it's a new morning
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dawning on the green
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bouncing off the towers
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and the sun's heading down for the streets
the business meeting
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window shades are drawn
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another morning edition
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headed for the porch
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because grandma puts down the paper
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before grandpa raises his fork
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a little love and affection
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in everything you do
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A Better Place
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hear the rooster crowing
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down on the double e
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