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1959

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1  Listen to my story   (SmithShanahan)                1
2  Got two tales to tell          (C)1997 druse music, inc.slea head music 2
3  One of fallen glory   (ascap)                    3
1  One of vanity   1
1  Listen to my story. Got two tales to tell.1
2  One of fallen glory. One of vanity.2
3  The world's roof was raging, but3
4  we were looking fine;4
5  'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings,5
6  in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.6
      
4  The world's roof was raging                                   Wisdom                was a teapot; Pouring from above. 4
2  But we were looking fine   2
3  'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings   3
4  In 1959   4
5   5
6  Wisdom was a teapot   6
7  Pouring from above   7
  Desolation angels  Desolation angels
5  Served it up with love   Served it up with Love. 5
6                                                        Ignitin'[g strife] like every form of light, 6
7  Igniting like every form of light   then moved by bold design,        7
8  Then moved by bold design                     slid in that thing and it grew wings, 8
9  Slid in that thing and it grew wings         in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.                              9
8  In 1959   8
10                      **************** 10
11  It was blood shining in the sun   It was Blood, shining in the Sun; 11
12  First, freedom   First: Freedom! 12
13  Speeding the American claim   Speeding the american claim: 13
14  Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom   Freedom; Freedom; Freedom; Freedom! 14
15                        ****************** 15
9  China was the tempest   9
16                                    Madness overflowed   China was the tempest; [And] Madness overflowed. 16
17         Lama was a young man   [The] Lama was a young man, 17
18  And       watched his world in flames   and [he] watched his world in flames. 18
19                                                     Taking Glory down by the edge of clouds; 19
20  Taking glory down by the edge of clouds   It was a cryin'[g] shame.                   20
21  It was a crying shame                  Another lost horizon. Tibet the fallen star. 21
22  Another lost horizon                 Wisdom and compassion Crushed, in 22
23  Tibet the fallen star                       the land of Shangri-La. 23
24                                                         But in the land of the Impala, honey, well, 24
25  Wisdom and compassion crushed   we were lookin' Fine, 25
26  In the land of Shangri-La                          'cause we built that thing and it grew wings; 26
27  But in the land of the Impala   In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.                             27
28  Honey, well, we were lookin' fine                          'Cause        we built that thing and it grew wings; 28
29                              In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. 29
10  'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings   10
30  In 1959                                It was the best of times, it's 30
31  'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings   [was] the worst of times;                       31
32  In 1959                                             In 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959. 32
33                                        It was the best of times; It 33
34  It was the best of times, it's the worst of times       was the                              worst of times. 34
35  In 1959, 1959, 1959, 1959, 1959, 1959   [In] Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.                                   35
11  It was the best of times, it was the worst of times   11
12  1959   12
      


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