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Half A Century High
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Phil Ochs
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G C G
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In the tube where I was born
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C Bm
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I could have sworn
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C D
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There was so much to see
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C D
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There was so little to be
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G C G
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But I was free
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B7
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World at my command
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Em
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Through the dots I ran
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Am D G
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Looking for a man who looked like me
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Em D
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And now it can be told
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Em D
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I'm a quarter of a century old
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G F G F G
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But I'm half a century high
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In the tube where I was raised
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I was amazed
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On the pictures I would lean
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That went flashing on the screen
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Oh, I was dazed
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But then my eyes were made
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Hypnotized insane (?)
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Buried in my brain
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In a blinding blaze
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And now it can be told
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I'm a quarter of a century old
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But I'm half a century high
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In the tube where I was grown
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I was alone
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The figure on the floor (Laying on the floor)
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The dream behind the door (I'd lock the closet door)
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The sound was low
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Ballgames on the street
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Disappeared behind my feet
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Out of breath my heart would be
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To see another show
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And now it can be told
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I'm a quarter of a century old
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But I'm half a century high
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In the tube where I was made
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I was afraid
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Spinning through the space
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Another scene, another face,
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Another shade
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Mirror of my mind
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On electric wheels of wine
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Living on the lines that were displayed
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And now it can be told
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I'm a quarter of a century old
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But I'm half a century high
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In the tube where I was fed
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I lost my head
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I watch the lives they led
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Watch them to the end
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And then again
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An open kind of laugh
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I gave all the mind I had
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And whenever I was sad
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I had my friends
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And now it can be told
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I'm a quarter of a century old
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But I'm half a century high
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In the tube where I was killed
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I was fulfiled
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Such an easy way to win
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Talking to my twin
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No sign of sin
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The sacrifice was small
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Fascination was the fall
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I was extended by the wall that held me in
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And now it can be told
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I'm a quarter of a century old
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But I'm half a century high
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In the tube where I was killed
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I was fulfilled
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The lies of light would bend
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I'd stare until the end
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And then again
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Faded and the fad
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I gave all the mind I had
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And whenever I was sad
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I had my friends
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And now it can be told
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I'm a quarter of a century old
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But I'm half a century high
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In the tube where I was born
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I could have sworn
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There was so much to see
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There was so little to be
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But I was free
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World at my command
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Through the dots I ran
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Looking for a man who looked like me
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And now it can be told
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I'm a quarter of a century old
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But I'm half a century high
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