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You tell me of a place where everybody knew their neighbors
D# B F# C#
All the families helped each other, and no one ever locked their
D# B F# C#
doors, you tell me no one locked their doors
D# C# G# B
Old man please stay a while, I know at first I seemed too busy
D# C# G# B
But now I'll make the time, stay and tell me one more story
D# B F# C#
Tell me about the time you ditched school to go fishing
D# B F# C#
You thought the branch would hold, your neighbour pulled you from the river
D# B F# C#
He helped you wash your clothes and stitch the hole in your trousers
D# B F# C#
And your mom never knew why he giggled when he saw you
D# C# G# B
Old man please stay a while, I know at first I seemed too busy
D# C# G# B
But now I'll make the time, stay and tell me one more story
F# C# B
A place where no one locks their doors
F# C# B
A place where no one locks their doors
F# C# G# B
You tell me that you show me, only now it is too late
F# C# G# B
I'd like to build community, only now it is too late
D# C# B
Things can never be the way they were before
D# C# B
You can't go back to how things were before
D# C# B
Once the trust is gone, once the trust is gone
F# C# B
Once the trust is gone you lock the door
D# B F# C#
I can imagine that life, but it seems so far from real
D# B F# C#
It's just like a story, that's the type of life i've never known
D# C# G# B
Old man you're leaving now, taking with you things I've never known
D# C# G# B
I wonder where you're going, and if it would be like your old home
F# C# B
I hope you find the place you're looking for
F# C# B
I hope you find the place you're looking for
F# C# B
I hope you find, I hope you find
F# C# B
I hope you find the place you're looking for
F# C# B
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