Tom: G
Introdução:
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Blue skies and red sunsets could wait for me
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They might be paying me off setting me free
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No more Byzantine bureaucracy for me
verse 2
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But if they take my job, the rest: it?s gone
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This tiny plot of land we call our own
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Is it pride, or fear, or age, or is it home
verse 3
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Yeah, I?m scared I?ve settled down so long
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But maybe open air and open seas and song
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Can?t tell if this is right but it don?t seem wrong
verse 4
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So I hold my tongue they think I wanna stay
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Cos forced redundancy?s a lot of pay
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We buy a motor-home and we?re away
Bridge
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So, I sit and wait, and then I get the call
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Is this the parting word? ?Thanks for it all?
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No. Turns out they need me after all!
Verse 5
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The bricks still ours: no need to fly
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We?re safe, secure: no need to cry
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The pension grows as each year passes by
Verse 6
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So here I am and here I?m gonna stay
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Retirement?s still a long, long way away
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I?ll see the sky through the window every day