| I would like to thank j.d. |
| souther for the book, harry belafonte for the early
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| inspiration and mark twain for taking the trip long ago.
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| -- spoken:
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| «back toward the turn of the century, you know, mark twain took a trip around
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| the world on a steamship and he wrote a book called following the equator.
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| and the opening page has a dedicat
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| Hat says, be good, and you will be lonesome, which for me, still seems to work
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| in the fabulous eighties.»
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| Jason mason hears the sound
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| The whistle blows in congo town
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| And the mail boats in, mail boats in Brings him things from oh so far
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| Old magazines and snicker bars
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| A simple man, a simple plan
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| The worlds too big to understand
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| Be good and you will be lonesome
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| Be lonesome and you will be free
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| Live a lie and you will live to regret it Thats what livin is to me
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| Thats what livin is to me
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| On a timeless beach in hispaniola
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| Young girl sips a diet cola
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| Shes worlds apart, worlds apart
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| Spirit of the black king still
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| Reverberates through haitian hills
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| He rules the sea and all the fish
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| What if he had a tv dish?
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| Be good and you will be lonesome
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| Be lonesome and you will be free
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| Live a lie and you will live to regret it Thats what livin is to me
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| Thats what livin is to me
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| Now in the far off regions the foreign legion
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| Keep the thieves and the predators at bay
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| While closer to home some bad boys still roam
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| The streets arent safe so give it one more day
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| One more day
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| One more day
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| Stories from my favorite books
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| Still take on many different looks
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| And Im gone again, home again
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| The time has come the walrus said
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| And little oysters hide their head
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| My twain of thought is loosely bound
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| I guess its time to mark this down
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| Be good and you will be lonesome
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| Be lonesome and you will be free
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| Live a lie and you will live to regret it Thats what livin is to me
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| Thats what livin is to me
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| Thats what livin is to me
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| Thats what livin is to me
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| -- spoken:
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| «thank you, mark.» |