King Crimson – Lament (Guitar)

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I guess I tried to show you how

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I'd take the crowd with my guitar

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And business men would clap their hands

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And clip another fat cigar

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And publishers would spread the news

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And print my music far and wide

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All the kids who played the blues

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Would learn my licks with a bottle neck slide

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But now it seems the bubble's burst

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Although you know there was a time

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Love songs gathered in my head

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Poetry in every line

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And strong men strove to hold the doors

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While with my friends I passed that reach

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When people stomped on dirty floors

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Before I trod the rock'n'roll stage

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I'll thank the man who's on the 'phone

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And if he's got some time to spend

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The problem I'll explain once more

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And indicate a sum to lend

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That ten percent is now a joke

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Maybe thirty, even thirty-five

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I'll say my daddy's had a stroke

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He'd have one now, if he only was alive

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I like the way you look at me

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You're laughing too, down there inside

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I took my chance and you took yours

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You crewed my ship, we missed the tide

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I like the way the music goes

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There's a few good guys who can play it right

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I like the way it moves my toes

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Just say when you want to go and dance all night