40 Years

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        I was born in the jungle
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With the sickening smell of cinnamon in the air
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       Born in a white hole
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and I can't believe the colors here today
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Stuck on a circle
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I've never been blessed with elephant's memory
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       Riding a red line nowhere

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If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for
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If it takes 40 years, put the money away
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If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir
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If it takes 40 years I want the thunder and the rain

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        I was born in a good home
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Where the rising cost of raising children
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       Was not a factor
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And I can't believe the things it does to me
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I'm filled with the white noise
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Well I never did much of anything anyway
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       Jump on a big train nowhere

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If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for
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If it takes 40 years, put the money away
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If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir
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If it takes 40 years I want the thunder and the rain
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   I'm gonna buy me a good heart, and a conscience, maybe raise some children
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    Get me a good wife, and a God and God and God and God and
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    Start me a new life with a six foot color television
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    Start me a new life somewhere

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        I was born on a warm night
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On the right coast, southeastern America
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       Dead on arrival
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But you can't believe the things you hear today
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I'll fly me a white plane over water
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Over blue and green and
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        Land in the ocean somewhere
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If it takes 40 years for the guns to be paid for
   D        A  G              Bm     A
If it takes 40 years, put the money away
   D        A  G                Bm            A
If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir
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If it takes 40 years well I want that thunder
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Yeah and I want that rain
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Oh  well I want that rain
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     Come on now, now gimme the thunder, gimme the thunder
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Gimme the rain
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I want that rain, I want the thunder and the rain