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Don Henley |
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The End Of The Innocence |
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Remember when the days were long |
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And rolled beneath a deep blue sky |
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Didn't have a care in the world |
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With mommy and daddy standin' by |
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But "happily ever after" fails |
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And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales |
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The lawyers dwell on small details |
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Since daddy had to fly |
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Oh I know a place where we can go |
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That's still untouched by men |
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We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by |
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And the tall grass waves in the wind |
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You can lay your head back on the ground |
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And let your hair fall all around me |
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Offer up your best defense |
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this is the end |
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This is the end of the innocence |
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O' beautiful, for spacious skies |
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But now those skies are threatening |
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They're beating plowshares into swords |
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For this tired old man that we elected king |
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Armchair warriors often fail |
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And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales |
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The lawyers clean up all details |
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Since daddy had to lie |
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Oh I know a place where we can go |
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And wash away this sin |
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We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by |
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And the tall grass waves in the wind |
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Just lay your head back on the ground |
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And let your hair spill all around me |
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Offer up your best defense |
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But this is the end |
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This is the end of the innocence |
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Who knows how long this will last |
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Now we've come so far, so fast |
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But, somewhere back there in the dust |
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That same small town in each of us |
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I need to remember this |
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So baby give me just one kiss |
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And let me take a long last look |
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Before we say goodbye |
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Just lay your head back on the ground |
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And let your hair fall all around me |
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Offer up your best defense |
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But this is the end |
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This is the end of the innocence |
