Pippin movie - Simple Joys lyrics

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[LEADING PLAYER]<br>

Well I'll sing you the story of a sorrowful lad<br>

Had everything he wanted, didn't want what he had<br>

He had wealth and pelf and fame and name and all of <br>

That noise<br>

But he didn't have none of those simple joys<br>

His life seemed purposeless and flat<br>

Aren't you glad you don't feel like that?<br>

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So he ran from all the deeds he'd done, he ran<br>

Things he'd just begun<br>

He ran from himself, now that's mighty far to run<br>

Out into the country where he played as a boy<br>

He knew he had to find him some simple joys<br>

He wanted someplace warm and green<br>

We all could use a change of scene<br>

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Sweet summer evenings, hot wine and bread<br>

Sharing your supper, sharing your bed<br>

Simple joys have a simple voice:<br>

It says why not go ahead?<br>

Wouldn't you rather be a left-handed flea<br>

A crab on a slab at the bottom of the sea<br>

Than a man who never learns how to be free<br>

Not 'til he's underground<br>

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Sweet summer evenings, sapphire skies<br>

Feasting her belly<br>

Feasting her eyes<br>

Simple joys have a simple voice:<br>

It says time's a living prize<br>

And wouldn't you <br>

Rather be a left-handed flea<br>

A crab on a slab at the bottom of the sea<br>

A newt on the root of a banyan tree<br>

Or a fig on a twig in Galilee<br>

Than a man who never learns how to be free<br>

Not till the day<br>

Not till the day<br>

Not till the day<br>

Not till the day dies!<br>

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na na na na na na na na na na<br>

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