James Taylor    (video)

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1. I'm not smart enough for this life I've been livin',

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a little bit slow for the pace of the dream.

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It's not I'm ungrateful for all I've been given,

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but nevertheless, just the same.

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2. I wish to my soul I was back in Montana,

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high on my mountain and deep in the snow.

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Up in my cabin, over the valley,

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under the blankets with you.

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O................ver the ocean from here.

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O................ver the mountains from there.

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3. Who can imagine the scale of the forces

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that pushed this old mountain range up in the sky ?

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Tectonic creation, erosion, mutation,

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somethin' to pleasure God's eye.

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4. The world is a wonder of lightnin' and thunder,

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and green of the ground as we fall from the sky.

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The old and new faces, the tribes and the races,

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thousands of places to try.

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O................ver the ocean from here.

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O................ver the mountains from there.

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+ One sits and waits, while the other one wanders,

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and squanders his time with a life on the road.

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Down from the mountain, across the wide ocean,

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the world is in motion and cannot be slowed.

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5. Enough for today, the demands of the moment,

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the thing on my mind is the work in my hand.

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Wood for the woodstove and water for coffee,

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somethin' I can still understand.

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6. We got a few friends, but not many neighbors,

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the trip into town takes us most of the day.

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And after, "Hello", and "It's sure good to see you !",

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it seems like there's nothin' to say.

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O................ver the ocean from here.

(orig. = capo 2nd) (James Taylor)