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Pete Townshend
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Well, once I was a stone, many years ago
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Into a pool was thrown, many years ago
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Time went by and the pool ran dry
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Excavated was I and tempered
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And beat in the fiery heat
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By the hand of a man whose name was Dan
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Dan the blacksmith
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Well, once I was a daisy, many years ago
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In pastures green and lazy, many years ago
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But I was on my goat who fell in a moat
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And forgetting to float
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He sunk like a lead and stayed until dead
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And was relieved to find
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Well, just how kind it all was
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Well, once I was a bullfrog, had to struggle for survival
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And once I was a carp and lived in waters on the meadow
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And once I was a myna bird, quoting verses from the Bible
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I said, "Pretty boy, pretty boy, Saint Luke"
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Then I was born, a human baby, a many years ago
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I remember I was born unto a lady, a many years ago
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All our hopes were piled on the back of a child
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Who turned out to be wild, sent the Devil a prayer
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Caused the parson to swear so I took my leave
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To lie and thieve on my way to jail
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Well, I've been a tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor
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Known good times and disaster
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But now I found a teacher
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And my teacher has a master
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And the master is perfection
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So he'll help us get there faster
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Don't need no proof, 'cause it's the truth
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And I'll drink to that
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