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I got high with an art teacher of mine
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I learned how to paint portraits and landscapes with perspective
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but I've been sitting here
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the better part of eighteen years
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blank stare blank canvas
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I'm in need of a new view
     Am
of some new scenery to render 

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there's a boat leaving
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where it goes, well I don't know


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I've been buried alive
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my history teacher by my side
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lest I forget those mistakes that better men have made
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the battles fought and lost
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small victories at what cost?
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the curriculum is dated, my inspiration fading
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a slow setting sun

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there's a boat leaving
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where it goes, well I don't know
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but if it floats i'm getting on
                     Am
with or without you 

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the winds are strong enough
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our native tongues will fail us
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oh the pleasure I would take 
                     Am
in renaming everything

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there are boats leaving
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where they go, well I don't know
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but it's a chance to see something new
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will you come with me?