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Phil Ochs
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INTRO: G / C / D / C / G / C
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D G D
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My life was once a joy to me,
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G / C / G
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Never knowing, I was growing, everyday.
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D G D
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My life was once a toy to me,
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Em
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And I wound it and I found it ran away.
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Am
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So I raced through the night
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G
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With a face at my feet, like a god I would write,
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F
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All the melodies were sweet, and the women were white.
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E D
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It was easy to survive, my life was so alive.
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My life was once a flag to me
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And I waved it and behaved like I was told.
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My life was once a drag to me
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And I loudly, and I proudly, lost control
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I was drawn by a dream
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I was loved by a lie, every serf on the scene
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Begged me to buy.
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But I slipped through the scheme
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So lucky to fail
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My life was not for sale.
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My life is now a myth to me
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Like the drifter, with his laughter in the dawn.
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My life is now a death to me
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So I'll mold it and I'll hold it till I'm born
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So I turned to the land
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Where I'm so out of place
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Throw a curse on the plan
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In return for the grace
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To know where I stand
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Take everything I own
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Take your tap from my phone
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And leave my life alone
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My life alone.
Phil Ochs - Song of My Returning
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