Took a high dive arcing out wide
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Into the crowd
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Out to the sound of their wild applause
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But you've heard it before
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And you've seen it all
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From up there on the diving board
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You'd free fall into the ether
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Above the people
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Out on a limb fragile and adored
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But who below knows that
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You're still a mystery
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Way up on the diving board
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Sink or swim
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I can't recall
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Who said that to me?
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When I was sixteen
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And full of the world and its was noise
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But you beat the drum
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You fell in love with it all
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The planets alight
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Those dizzy heights
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And the view from the diving board
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Took the grand prize you and your eyes
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Butterfly light
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Escaping the reach
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Of their fangs and their claws
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Such a pale little thing
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In your lily-white skin
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High up on the diving board.
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Sink or swim
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I can't recall
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Who said that to me?
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When I was sixteen
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And full of the world and its was noise
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But you beat the drum
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You fell in love with it all
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The planets alight
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Those dizzy heights
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And the view from the diving board
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Sink or swim
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I can't recall
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Who said that to me?
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When I was sixteen
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And full of the world and its was noise
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But you beat the drum
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You fell in love with it all
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The planets alight
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Those dizzy heights
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And the view from the diving board
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And the view from the diving board
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The Diving Board
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| Elton John |
