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And for my opening line 
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I'm not trying to indicate my state of mind. 
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I turn you on, 
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I tell you that I'm laughing just to keep from crying 
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Pretty music when you hear it, 
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Keep on trying to get near it.
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A little rhythm for your spirit 
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Oh but that's what it's for 
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Come on in, here's the door


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And I've seen a sparrow get high 
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And waste his time in the sky 
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He thinks it's easy to fly 
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He's just a little bit freer than I

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Now here's a mystery 
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And maybe you can help to make it clear to me 
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When you're fast asleep 
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Then what is it that's lighting up the dreams you see 
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Only your tears can't conceal it 
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And only your prayers may not reveal it 
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You've got soul so you can feel it 
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And when you make the scene 
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Well you know what I mean 


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Hey, I've seen a sparrow get high 
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And waste his time in the sky 
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He thinks it's easy to fly 
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He's just a little bit freer than I


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Down here on the ground 
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When you find folks are giving you the runaround 
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Keep your game uptight 
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And if you must just take your secrets underground 
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Now politicians are trying to speech you 
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Mad colour watchers are trying to teach you
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Very few will really try to reach you 
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If you're lost in a stack 
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That's OK, come all black


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Now I'd be the last to deny 
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That I'm just an average guy 
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And don't you know each little bird in the sky 
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Is just a little bit freer than I

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Hey ordinary Joe 
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Although they say you're just a lazy so-and-so 
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What they think is real 
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Is nothing but an animated puppet show
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So don't let time and space confuse you 
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And don't let name and form abuse you 
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Let that Big Joe Williams blues you 
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In the light of the sun you can see how they burn 

 
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Oh I've seen a sparrow get high 
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And waste his time in the sky 
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He thinks it's easy to fly 
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He's just a little bit freer than i


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