Key: G
Introduction: D A Em Em/F# G
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Fifty years after the fair the picture I have is so clear
Underneath the clouds in the air rose the tyrlon and the perisphere
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And that for me was the finest of scenes
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That perfect world across the river in queens
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Fifty years after the fair I drink from a different cup
But it does no good to compare 'cause nothing ever measures up
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I guess just for a second we thought
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That all good things would rise to the top
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But how beautiful it was - 'tomorrow'
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We'll never have a day of sorrow
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We got through the '30's, but our belts were tight
We conceived of a future with no hope in sight
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We've got decades ahead of us to get it right
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I swear - fifty years after the fair
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Fifty years after the fair I live in tomorrow town
Even on a wing and a prayer The future never came around
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It hurts to even think of those days
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The damage we do by the hopes that we raise