I should have stayed playing my clarinet
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I could have made it
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I could have made it playing big halls in an all-Negro band
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I never should have left the town that I knew so well
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San Diego can't you tell?
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I could have made it playing my clarinet
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I hang around people I used to gawk at
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In magazines, I was fifteen and it all seemed so far away
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I'd get my kicks from singing "Money" in an old garage
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On Serenac Street
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I'm tired and I'm scared and I want to go home again
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You probably think I'm kidding and you're probably right
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I feel like the Z in xylophone tonight
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And I keep looking for an answer but I can't put up a fight
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It all seems so long ago...when I...
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I should have stayed playing my clarinet
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I could have made it
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I could have made it playing big halls in an all-Negro band
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I should have gone to college instead of watching TV
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All day in my bathrobe
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I could have made it playing my clarinet
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I should have made it playing my clarinet
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My Clarinet
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| Stephen Bishop |
