4 + 20 (1970)     (video)

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1. Four and twenty years ago, I come into this life,

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the son of a woman, and a man who lived in strife.

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He was tired of being poor;

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and he wasn't into selling door to door.

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And he worked like the devil to be more.

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2. A different kind of poverty now upsets me so,

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night after sleepless night, I walk the floor and I want to know :

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Why am I so alone ?

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Where is my woman, can I bring her home ?

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Have I driven her away ? Is she gone ?

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3. Morning comes to sunrise, and I'm driven to my bed,

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I see that it is empty, and there's devils in my head.

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I embrace the many colored beast,

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I grow weary of the torment, can there be no peace ?

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And I find myself just wishing that my life would simply cease.

(orig. = capo 1st) (Crosby, Stills & Nash)