Childhood's End

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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You shout in your sleep
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Perhaps the price is just too steep
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Is your conscience at rest
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If once put to the test
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You awake with a start
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To just the beating of your heart
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Just one man beneath the sky
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Just two ears, just two eyes
 
[Link]
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[Verse 2]
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You set sail across the sea
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Of long past thoughts and memories
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Childhood's end, your fantasies
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Merge with harsh realities
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And then as the sail is hoist
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You find your eyes are growing moist
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All the fears never voiced
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Say you have to make your final choice
 
[Instrumental]
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Em7  Em9  A7sus2 A7add13 x3
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[Verse 3]
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Who are you and who am I
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To say we know the reason why
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Some are born; some men die
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Beneath one infinite sky
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There'll be war, there'll be peace
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But everything one day will cease
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All the iron turned to rust
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All the proud men turned to dust
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And so all things time will mend
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So this song will end
 
[Outro]
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