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So long, so long,

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G5
so long he's been away, so long, so long, so long he's back again,
when I

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turned 17 we had passion, we had dreams thought the love we were

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fighting for was something holy, something more. When I turned

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21, we were outside on the run when I walked out with

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my girl, Ha! we were halfway round the world [rpt] and I, I

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dreamed that I saw her standing there running for the

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boy inside the man I was

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hit hard by a light so bright it burned and all at once I

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knew she'd understand understand understand

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Boy inside the man Boy inside the

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man...

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When I turned 25 we were hungry,

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D
we had drive Then I turned much older then ah, 'cause the boy was lost

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in pride Now I've just turned 31 and I have lost and I have

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D
won still I've kept my dreams alive 'cause the boy will never

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die and I dreamed that I saw her standing

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there running for the boy inside the man

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I was hit hard by a light so bright it

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burned and all at once I knew she'd understand

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the boy inside the man

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the boy inside the man!

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ah, do you understand??!!! [instrumental]

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[4]

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[3]

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[2]

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[1] and I, I

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dreamed that I saw her standing there running for the

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boy inside the man............. I was

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hit hard by a light so bright it burned and all at once I

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knew she'd understand understand understand and I

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dreamed that I saw her standing there running for the

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boy inside the man I was

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hit hard by a light so bright it burned, and all at once I

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knew she'd understand understand understand the boy

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inside the man

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the boy inside the man

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the boy inside the man

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the boy inside the man

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the boy inside the man so long, so long, so long he's

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been away so long, so long, so long he's

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back again

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boy inside the man [rave outro]

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[1]

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[end]

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Fo' A' That, and A' That
It's Comin' Yet Fo' A' That
That Man to Man, the World O'er
Will Brothers Be, Fo' A' That

Robbie Burns
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