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Drowned in paper, strangled in wire,
       G5                                       D5
our civilization is bound to go down,
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and the birds and the bees and the bugs will take over,
              G5                                 D5             G5
and the old green world goes spinning around.

              G5                                          C5
    Now, some say your world will be ended in fire,
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    some say it`ll be frozen to ice in the heart.
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    But I know just how our race will expire,
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    it`ll be our own doing from being so smart.

        G5                               C5
    I knew a young girl, so fair and so handsome,
               G5                                                               D5
    her cheeks were so bright and her lips were so red.
                   G5                              C5
    But from typing and filing and taking dictations,
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    her shape is now known as "stenographer`s breed".

         G5                             C5
    I knew a young fellow, so full of vigour,
    G5                                           D5
    he took a job with the TV repair.
                   G5                                     C5
    Now his power has shortage, his wires are tangled,
            G5                                     D5             G5
    he`s got a fat belly, and he`s losing his hair.

                G5                                          C5
    I`ve recorded, I`ve measured, I`ve clicked with a camera,
        G5                                                            D5
    I raised a long sight of this stream-side of life.
               G5                                C5
    But afraid to jump in, I know all about water,
                       G5                                     D5                G5
    but don`t know how to swim in the struggle and strife.