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verse 1
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"i am mine i am my own"
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Said the ancients years ago
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Apples and pears rot and lie
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The eulogy itself can write
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When i heard the man was dead i wondered
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Do i have a hero that'll stay?
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He said "i am mine and no others"
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But i never planned to live that way
Interlude
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verse 2
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Cradled hands don't hide your calls
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I hear them rolling in the walls
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Calling out toward the wind
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Asking how to begin again
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If you're strange
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Then i would love to meet you
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I can't go on any other way
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Been on my own too long to retreat
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Yeah you're just getting too old to delay
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But you say
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"soon ooh i will be new
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Soon soon
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Soon ooh i will be new
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Soon soon
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If you're strange
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Then i would love to meet you
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I can't go on any other way
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Been on my own too long to retreat
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Yeah you're just getting too old to delay
Outro
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