I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
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Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
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I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
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I don't expect to sleep through the night
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Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
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But I say why
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Why deny the obvious child?
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Why deny the obvious child?
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And in remembering a road sign
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I am remembering a girl when I was young
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And we said These songs are true
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These days are ours
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These tears are free
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And hey
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The cross is in the ballpark
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The cross is in the ballpark
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We had a lot of fun
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We had a lot of money
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We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny
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Sonny gets married and moves away
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Sonny has a baby and bills to pay
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Sonny gets sunnier
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Day by day by day by day
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I've been waking up at sunrise
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I've been following the light across my room
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I watch the night receive the room of my day
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Some people say the sky is just the sky
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But I say
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Why deny the obvious child?
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Why deny the obvious child?
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Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself
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How it's strange that some rooms are like cages
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Sonny's yearbook from high school
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Is down from the shelf
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And he idly thumbs through the pages
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Some have died
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Some have fled from themselves
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Or struggled from here to get there
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Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls
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Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair
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Well I'm accustomed to a smoother ride
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Maybe I'm a dog that's lost his bite
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I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
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I don't expect to sleep the night
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Some people say a lie is just a lie
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But I say the cross is in the ballpark
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Why deny the obvious child?
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The obvious child
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| Simon and Garfunkel |
