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In the woods, in the mountains there's a good place to begin
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The song about a black bear living in his black bear den
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Doing all the black bear things a black bear just might do
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I hope in my next lifetime I could be a black bear too
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And here comes black bear now, crashing through the brush
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Unfazed by thorns and branches that would hurt me to the touch
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In pursuit of some small animal, the food chain is a truth
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And the bear has the advantage of the massive claw and tooth
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But he'll also stop for berries or honey from the bees
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Or nuts that he can shake down from the canopy of trees
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And afterwards he'll have his choice from any stream to drink
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While I'll fill up another cup from my old kitchen sink
C Am
And if he wants he'll have a nap and dream his black bear dreams
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That I could only dream of like I dream I drink from streams
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And as he sleeps he hears a breeze and knows that he is safe
F Am
While I'm sleeping with the fan on to drown out my lack of faith
C Am
The simplicity of solitude it's a hard thing to perfect
F Am
Stealing happiness from loneliness is not a simple theft
C Am
A black bear has it figured out and gets what he deserves
F Am
And the fur that he is wearing is the fur that he prefers
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And when he stared across the river into my eyes it made me shiver
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And I knew that it was lovely to have a black bear thinking of me
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And when he thinks, he is thoughtful and when he rests he is restful
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And when he runs he runs the fastest he spins the earth right on its axis
C Am
And that's his gift to all showing us the sun
F Am
Keeping time for everyone a steady beating drum
C Am
And all the dirt he bounds upon he'd leave his heavy tracks
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That is deep when he is young and blue but deepest when he's black
C Am
Cause colour for the black bear is a synonym for age
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If I were one then I'd be in my cinnamon phase
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Instead I am 22 and the decades weight a ton
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This new century's essentially a bullet from the gun
C Am
It takes coffee pots that cost a lot just to stay abreast
F Am
But coffee hits my sense of loss and makes a nervous wreck
C Am
The simplicity of solitude is a hard thing to perfect
F Am
Stealing happiness from loneliness is not a simple theft
C Am
But the black bear has it figured out and gets what he deserves
F Am
And the fur that he is wearing is the fur that he prefers
C Am F Am
And when he stared across the river into my eyes it made me shiver
C Am F Am
And I knew that it was lovely to have a black bear thinking of me
C Am F Am
And when he thinks, he is thoughtful and when he rests he is restful
C Am F Am
And when he runs he runs the fastest he spins the earth right on its axis