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[00:13.17]Folks are blessed who make the best of everyday
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[00:18.52]Living by their own philosophy everyone
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[00:25.95]Who needs the sun must find a way
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[00:31.28]And I have found the only way for me
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[00:40.03]I don't believe in frettin' and grievin'
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[00:45.13]Why mess around with strife'
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[00:49.70]I never was cut out to step and strut out
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[00:55.04]Give me the simple life
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[00:59.98]Some find it pleasant dining on pheasant
[01:05.26]Those things roll off my knife;
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[01:10.31]Just serve me tomatoes;
[01:13.01]And mashed potatoes;
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[01:16.10]Give me the simple life
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[01:20.86]A cottage small is all I'm after
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[01:25.95]Not one that's spacious and wide
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[01:31.13]A house that rings with joy and laughter
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[01:36.13]With the ones you love inside
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[01:41.38]Some like the high road  I like the low road
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[01:46.99]Free from the care and strife
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[01:51.52]Sounds corny and seedy  but yes  indeed-y;
[01:56.84]I like the simple life
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[02:22.83]Life could be thrillin' with one whose willin'
[02:27.67]To be a farmers wife it's calling me happy
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[02:35.68]Sure make(s) me happy Give me the simple life