Paul Simon – Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean (Guitar)

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Words & Music by Paul Simon & Brian Eno [Chorus]

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Once upon a time there was an ocean

But now it's a mountain range

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Something unstoppable set into motion

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Nothing is different, but everything's changed

[Verse 1]

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It's a dead end job, and you gets tired of sitting

And it's like a nicotine habit you're always thinking about quitting I think about quitting every day of the week When I look out my window it's brown and it's bleak Out of here How am I going to get out of here? I'm thinking out of here When am I going to get out of here? And when will I cash in my lottery ticket And bury my past with my burdens and strife? I want to shake every limb in the garden of Eden And make every love the love of my life I figure that [Chorus]

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Once upon a time there was an ocean

But now it's a mountain range

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Something unstoppable set into motion

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Nothing is different, but everything's changed

[Verse 2]

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Found a room in the heart of the city, down by the bridge

Hot plate and TV and beer in the fridge But I'm easy, I'm open, that's my gift I can flow with the traffic, I can drift with the drift Home again? No, never going home again Think about home again? I never think about home [First Bridge]

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But then comes a letter from home

The handwriting is fragile and strange

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Something unstoppable set into motion

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And nothing is different, but everything's changed

[Second Bridge]

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The light through the stained glass was cobalt and red

And the frayed cuffs and collars were mended by halos of golden thread

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And the choir sang, "Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean"

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And all the old hymns and family names came fluttering down as leaves of emotion

[Outro]

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As nothing is different, but everything's changed