[00:30.26]Listen up and I'll tell a story
[00:35.33]About an artist growing old
[00:40.11]Some would try for fame and glory
[00:45.00]Others aren't so bold
[00:47.60]
[00:50.02]Everyone, and friends and family
[00:54.97]Saying, "Hey! Get a job!"
[00:59.55]"Why do you only do that only?
[01:05.22]Why are you so odd?
[01:10.53]We don't really like what you do.
[01:15.26]We don't think anyone ever will.
[01:20.26]It's a problem that you have,
[01:24.60]And this problem's made you ill."
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[01:29.82]Listen up and I'll tell a story
[01:35.00]About an artist growing old
[01:40.17]Some would try for fame and glory
[01:44.93]Others aren't so bold
[01:47.53]
[01:50.57]The artist walks alone
[01:55.55]Someone says behind his back,
[01:59.82]"He's got his gall to call himself that!
[02:04.35]He doesn't even know where he's at!"
[02:09.17]The artist walks among the flowers
[02:14.24]Appreciating the sun
[02:18.35]He does this all his waking hours
[02:23.73]But is it really so wrong?
[02:26.13]
[02:29.80]They sit in front of their TV
[02:34.91]Saying, "Hey! This is fun!"
[02:40.57]And they laugh at the artist
[02:45.66]Saying, "He doesn't know how to have fun."
[02:51.06]The best things in life are truly free
[02:57.28]Singing birds and laughing bees
[03:02.60]"You've got me wrong", says he.
[03:07.13]"The sun don't shine in your TV"
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[03:14.02]Listen up and I'll tell a story
[03:18.60]About an artist growing old
[03:23.64]Some would try for fame and glory
[03:28.20]Others aren't so bold
[03:30.75]
[03:33.13]Everyone, and friends and family
[03:37.77]Saying, "Hey! Get a job!"
[03:43.73]"Why do you only do that only?
[03:48.11]Why are you so odd?
[03:54.15]We don't really like what you do.
[03:58.71]We don't think anyone ever will.
[04:03.20]It's a problem that you have,
[04:07.71]And this problem's made you ill."
[04:10.44]
[04:13.55]Listen up and I'll tell a story
[04:18.53]About an artist growing old.
[04:23.42]Some would try for fame and glory
[04:28.35]Others just like to watch the world.
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