It's every where, you see
Please like you and me
Running back into the sea
Falling in love that can not be
Trying hard to get free
From their own misery
Once I thought that being free
Meant running around, carelessly
Pushing luck endlessly
Losing the kids, the family
Shutting out the tyranny
Of mid-life's destiny
"Don't reach reach out, don't peek out
Don't look away, 'les you'll stray
We fed you once, now its your turn
To pay us back, with guilt and shame
Now don't you fear, your time will come
When your kids break, the code, the rhyme
We'll see you then, being happy and free
Singing songs of love, in a minor key
We'll see you then, being happy and free"
Well, you've heard my folks, they disagree
With falling in love, with being free
With running back into the sea
With falling in love that can not be
With trying hard to get free
From their own misery
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