Les métachansons

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This is a song that I wrote when I was young,
And I call it the broken hearted blues

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This is the ending of my song
It has made me blind and deaf and weak but most of all
It shows you that I'm wrong
For you see it's really twice this long
And if I should die tomorrow it will carry on

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So all things time will mend
And so this song will end

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Here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy

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I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long

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I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long

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This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long

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The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say

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This song has nothing tricky about it
This song ain't black or white and as far as I know
Don't infringe on anyone's copyright, so [...]

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And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

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I am not very old and I won't live long
I was born this very morning singing this here song

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I'm singin' this borrowed tune
I took from the Rolling Stones,
Alone in this empty room
Too wasted to write my own.

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It's the break on the song
When I should say something special
But the pressure is on and I can't make up nothing special
Not when I'm with you

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This is my song
It ain't very hard and it ain't very long

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If you're listening to this song
You may think the chords are going wrong
But they're not, we just wrote it like that

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This is not the greatest song in the world, no
This is just a tribute!
Couldn't remember the greatest song in the world, yeah, no!
This is a tribute, oh
To the greatest song in the world

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Oh, I'm the Great Defender, listen to my song
I really hope you like it, it isn't very long
It's rooted in the Fifties but its heart's in 1984
And if you really like it
Then I sing it for you once more

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And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here