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let me put it to you this way:

 you will be hit by a truck and you will fall from your bicycle

and no-one will recall

who you were, except your friends and your enemies

and all the stuff you could've written

'bout times when you were sick, or smitten

will mean about as much as your corpse

let me put it to you this way:

I've been writing songs for almost 7 years now

and I haven't said a single thing

 of lasting import. or social significance

but I know from reading all your letters

and midnight coffee double-headers

that maybe you could do better than me

let me put it to you this way:

 you will be hit by a bus, and you will die inside the ambulance

and no-one will recall

 who you are (or I mean WERE) except your friends and your relatives

and all the stuff you could've written

and all the words you could've hidden

will mean about as much as your corpse

 (ends on )