Lesson in Survival
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Spinning out on turns
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That gets you tough
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Guru books-the Bible
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Only a reminder
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That you're just not good enough
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You need to believe in something
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Once I could in our love
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Black road
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Double yellow line
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Friends and kin
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Campers in the kitchen
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That's fine sometimes
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But I know my needs
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My sweet tumbleweed
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I need more quiet times
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By a river flowing
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You and me
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Deep kisses
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And the sun going down
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Maybe it's paranoia
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Maybe it's sensitivity
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Your friends protect you
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Scrutinize me
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I get so damn timid
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Not at all the spirit
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That's inside of me
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Oh baby I can't seem to make it
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With you socially
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There's this reef around me
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I'm looking way out at the ocean
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Love to see that green water in motion
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I'm going to get a boat
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And we can row it
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If you ever get the notion
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To be needed by me
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Fresh salmon frying
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And the tide rolling in
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I went to see a friend tonight
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'Was very late when I walked in
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My talking as it rambled
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Revealed suspicious reasoning
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The visit seemed to darken him
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I came in as bright
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As a neon light
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And I burned out
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Right there before him
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I told him these things
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I'm telling you now
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Watched them buckle up
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In his brow
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When you dig down deep
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You lose good sleep
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And it makes you
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Heavy company
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I will always love you
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Hands alike
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Magnet and iron
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The souls
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Lesson In Survival
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| Joni Mitchell |
