Tonart: D major
Verse 1
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Nick Reynolds and I met in college in 1955
and the day we met we started
singing together.
He had a car that ran,
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mine was blown up.
I had a guitar
and we played a few bars.
Not on the guitar.
And I still don't know how he
graduated
because I didn't.
Well, you made it through baby.
This next song was written
by a good friend of mine
from Sausalito, California.
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His name was John Stevens.
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He was a poet and an artist,
great jazz guitar player,
bass player, cello player,
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philanderer, a bon vivant.
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I'd like to dedicate it to John.
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John's no longer with us.
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and it's never been recorded.
It's called The Work Song.
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It's a lot like us. Close?
Laughter don't like to work,
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but I got to
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When my friends ask for advice,
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I tell them not to
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I'm gonna move away down south,
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where it's too hot too.
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Cause I don't like to work.
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It's not just because I'm lazy.
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It's not just because I'm crazy.
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The reason from the bottom of my heart.
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I don't like it,
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cause I'm too damn smart
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Well, you can work till you're too old
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You don't have to
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That's the kind of logic
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I just give a laugh to
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When they find out doing nothing
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Then I'll go back to work, oh yeah
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Not just because I'm lazy
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Not just because I'm crazy
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The reason from the bottom of my heart
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I don't like you cause
you're too damn smart
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Well, you can work till you're too old
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You don't have to
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That's the kind of logic
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I just give a laugh to
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When they find out doing nothing
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Then I'll go back to work
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Come on let's get started
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I'll go back to work
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Oh yeah applause
Thank you. applause
That's a great song. whoo!
All right, thank you very much.
Ha ha ha.
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