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[Verse 1]
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If it please the court I've had a lot to say
C G
And it's not always been true
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Standing here before you, judge
C G
I make my pledge of truth to you
[Verse 2]
G F
The waves came over the bowsprit
C G
The decks awash with running green and foam
G F
Back there at the wheel I was terrified
C G
Next day we first saw home
[Verse 3]
G F
My relatives came over on the Mayflower
C G
Landed on the shore almost alone
G F
No that damn traffic today is terrible
C G
And everywhere I look I see people alone
[Verse 4]
G F
Alone with their heads looking in their hands
C G
Lost in the conversation stare
G F
Walking with their eyes looking at the screen
C G
Talking like they were really there
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
G F
I'm lost in this new generation
C G
Left me behind it seems
G F
Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix
C G
"Purple Haze", sounding like TV
[Verse 6]
G F
I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street
C G
Both asleep and dead it may seem
G F
He didn't even move there on the sidewalk
C G
I stood there staring in a dream
[Verse 7]
G F
She came along in her uniform
C G
Stood moving me away with a gentle hand
G F
Dressed in white like a nightingale
C G
Her name was Florence, Florence of the Land
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(I knew I'd seen her somewhere)
[Verse 8]
G F
I knew I'd seen her somewhere
C G
But she was busy with him gone
G F
She came with three different brothers
C G
Abraham, Martin and John
[Verse 9]
G F
I heard a song about that once
C G
And I never knew what it meant
G F
Three stars died in a plane one night
C G
Rock and Roll, the message that was sent
[Verse 10]
G F
I couldn't wrap my head around it
C G
Didn't know what it meant
G F
Standing there on that sandy beach
C G
Watching it turn to cement
[Verse 11]
G F
Now I don't see all the colors
C G
And I might miss some of their beauty
G F
But I do see what I see
C G
And I want to do my duty
[Verse 12]
G F
Enlisted in the Navy at the corner store
C G
They had a recruiting booth
G F
I covered my heart and raised my hand
C G
And swore it was the truth
[Outro]
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That's my pledge
G F
That's my pledge
C G
That's my pledge, judge
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That's my pledge
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