When I was born, I suppose that I was sober

Maybe so, it just gets harder when you're older

To the coffin from the nipple

From the cradle to the grave

Once a pond discovers ripples

Could it ever forget these waves?

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These waves

Between pleasure and pain

These waves

Come and rock me once again

These waves

Will I ever stop riding these waves?

Like I always do, I found the Dew Drop Inn

What an excellent place to once again begin

But the kindnesses of strangers

Make a haven for fools

You get tired of the dangers

But it's hard to beat the rules of

These waves

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So I grow old, is it true that I'll grow wiser?

I don't know, seems that fortune is a miser

But there's one thing that's for certain

It's that life is fair, you will have your days of triumph

You will always get your share of

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These waves have got me

Caught between the joy and the bottom below

These waves have brought me

Down to the point

Where there's nothing that I'm certain I know

So rides the world, between freedom and fear

We long for love, though it's perfectly clear

That it takes a lot of courage

To keep an open heart

Though your love may seem well nourished

It will always be a part

Of these waves

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