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Artist: Bert Sommer
Canonical path: /bert-sommer/a-simple-man
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A simple man
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A simple man
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Time to look, time to laugh
Time to tear it all and head
'Cause you've found you don't know where you're going
Went to school all the years
But now you see that nothin' is clear
'Cause you've found no one really knows
I am but a simple man
Tryin' to do the best I can
Here in the world where I must live my life
Time to run, time to hide
Time to dig your way inside
'Cause you see your friends in a mass of confusion
And your dad can't explain
Why you're feelin' that you're insane
But don't you see, he is just as fine
I am but a simple man
Tryin' to do the best I can
Here in the world where I must live my life
I am but a simple man
Tryin' to do the best I can
Here in the world where I must live my life
I am but a simple man
Tryin' to do the best I can
Here in the world where I must live my life
(I am but a simple man)
(Tryin' to do the best I can)
(Here in the world where I must live my life)
Time to look, time to hide
Time to dig your way inside
Time to laugh, and tear it all and head
Can't you see you don't know where to go, oh, oh...
Alright
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Oh, oh...
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