Intro
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When I was young

Lying in the grass

I felt so safe

In the warming bath


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Of sunlight
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Of sunlight


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Vast open sky

Could do no harm

Like an embrace

From mother's arms


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In sunlight
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In sunlight


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In sunlight
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In sunlight


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With every year

That came to pass

More clouds appeared

?Til the sky went black, And there was


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No sunlight
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No sunlight 
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And there was
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No sunlight
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No sunlight
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Anymore


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And it disappeared at the same speed
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As the idealistic things I believed
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The optimist died inside of me


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No sunlight
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No sunlight


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No sunlight
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No sunlight


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And it disappeared at the same speed
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As the idealistic things I believed
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The optimist died inside of me


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No sunlight
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No sunlight


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No sunlight
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No sunlight


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No sunlight
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No sunlight
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No sunlight
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No sunlight
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No sunlight
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Anymore