"Oompah" style playing.
Each line is 4 beats long
[Intro]
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x2
[Verse]
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Simon was a real hard worker
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No tougher job than to love his own mother, al-
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though she did try, she tried to love
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him.
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So finally he said "enough I'm leaving,
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The world is full of arms just dying to receive me, Au re-
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voir, from you I'll be closer, closer to
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them. She cried don't go a-
[Chorus]
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way, son don't go a-
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way. You know son I will
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change, Son you know I can
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change.
[Verse]
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Me and Simon we were friends so early
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We were young but together we were sturdy e-
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nough to brave the world all on our
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own.
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We traveled off to far away places.
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We kept on moving 'till we found one worth staying, it was
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there that we fashioned our own little
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home. Well, we got a-
[Chorus]
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way, boy, we got a-
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way. You know our lives were
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changed, at least for us life was
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changed. But no one is
[Chorus 2]
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gone
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But no one is
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gone
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[Verse]
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"It's been amazing but I think I'm leaving"
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I said to Simon with, my stomach heaving as his
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eyes moved from a chair and then down to the
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floor.
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He asked me what exactly what was my reason
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I said "I didn't know but I sure don't believe in this
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life here, I mean its perfect but it isn't
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real" He cried don't go a-
[Chorus]
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way, boy, don't go a-
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way. You know your mind will
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change, well your mind will
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change.
[Verse]
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We drank coffee as we sat in silence
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My bag beside me and my ticket to the airline in my
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pocket felt as heavy as a
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gun
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As I stood up I thought "I wonder if I'll see him
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This is exactly what you knew you'd have to deal with so just
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keep on walking or better yet
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run" I thought "Don't go a-
[Chorus]
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way, boy, don't go a-
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way. You know your mind will
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change, Be strong! Don't just let your mind
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change. But no one is
[Chorus 2]
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gone!
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But no one is
[Outro]
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gone
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