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- 320003 (320033)(355433)

 I sailed a wild, wild sea

 climbed up a tall, tall mountain

 I met a old, old man

 beneath a weeping willow tree

 He said now if you got some questions

 go and lay them at my feet

 but my time here is brief

 so you'll have to pick just three

And I said

What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart?

 and how can a man like me remain in the light?

 and if life is really as short as they say

 then why is the night so long

 and then the sun went down

 and he sang for me this song

 See I once was a young fool like you

 afraid to do the things

 that I knew I had to do

 So I played an escapade just like you

 I played an escapade just like you

 I sailed a wild, wild sea

 climbed up a tall, tall mountain

 I met an old, old man

 he sat beneath a sapling tree

 He said now if you got some questions

 go and lay them at my feet

 but my time here is brief

 so you'll have to pick just three

And I said

What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart?

 and how can a man like me remain in the light?

 and if life is really as short as they say

 then why is the night so long?

 and then the sun went down

 and he played for me this song

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