Stevie Wonder – Pastime Paradise (Ukulele)

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 They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.

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 They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.

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 They've been wasting most their time, Glori-fying days long gone behind.

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 They've been wasting most their days,

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In re-membrance of ignorance oldest praise. Tell me...

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 Who of them, will come to be?

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How ma-ny of them, are you and me?

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Dissi-pation, race re-lations.

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Conso-lation, segre-gation.

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Dispen-sation, iso-lation, exploi-tation, muti-lation.

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Mu-tations, miscre-ation, confir-mation, to the evil's of the world.

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 They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.

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 They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.

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 They've been looking in their minds,

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For the day that sorrow's gone from time.

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 They keep telling of the day,

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When the Saviour of love will come to stay. Tell me...

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 Who of them, will come to be?

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How ma-ny of them, are you and me?

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Procla-mation, of Race Re-lations,

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Conso-lation, inte-gretion.

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Verifi-cation, of Reve-lations, accla-mation, world sal-vation.

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Vi-brations, stimu-lation, confir-mation, to the peace of the world.

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 They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.

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 They've been spending most their lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.

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 They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.

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 They've been spending most their lives, living in the future paradise.

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 We've been spending too much of our lives, living in a Pastime Paradise.

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 Let's start living our lives, living for, the future paradise.

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 Praise to our lives, living for, the future paradise.

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 Shame to anyone's lives, living in the pastime paradise.