Skating away on the thin ice of a new day (midi)
 
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1. Meanwhile back in the year one,
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 when you belonged to no one.
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 You didn’t stand a chance, son,
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 if your plans were undone.
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 'Cause you were bre…d for humanity and so…ld to society,
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 one day you'll wake up in the present day,
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 a million generations removed from expectations 
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 of of being who you really want to be.
 
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Skating away, skating away, skating away,
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on the thin ice of the new day, ay e ay ay ay ! Ay e ay ay ay !
 
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2. So as you push off from the sho...re, won't you turn your head once more,
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 and make your peace with everyone.
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 For those who choose to st…ay, will live just one more day,
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 to do the things they should've done.
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 And as you cross the wilderness, suspended in your emptiness,
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 you feel you have to pray.
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 Looking for a sign that the universal minds 
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 that’s written you into their passion play.
 
+ CHORUS
 
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3. And as you cross the circle li…ne while the ice world sheets behind,  
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 you're a rabbit on the run.
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 And the silver splinters fl.…y in the corner of your eye,
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 shining in the setting sun
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 Well, do you ever get the feeling that the stories do their reeling
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 in the present tense.
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 Or that everybody's on the stage, and it seems like you're the only
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 person sitting in the audience.
 
+ CHORUS
 
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 Skating away, skating away, skating away.
 

(orig. = capo 3) (Jethro Tull)