Verse 1:
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Misery fell on the town when they all lost their looks
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They spent all those years with their jobs and their scholarly books
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With no one to share all their thoughts and their worldly to be’s, oh noo
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They got down and prayed a little more for a life that was free
 
Verse 2:
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Altered and changed they insist how reform comes along
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a wise men suggested they work in their smiles, not their love
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And all of a sudden it sounds like the town was to be, oh yes
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a happier place where they'll live out their personal dream
 
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La la la la la, la la la la la la la, 
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la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
 
Chorus:
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Why  oh why this
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Town without love, too much faith in above
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Can you see? Can you feel the
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Force that it brings, not to worry ‘bout things
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Just the stars in the sky, all the joy in their time
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With a hope forrrrr   peace
 
Interlude: -x2-: Fm     Ab  Db  Ab
 
Verse 3:
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First thing they do is to substitute pleasure for pain
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Helping themselves figure out there’s so much they can gain
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But that can't surrender their chemistry books if they fell, oh well
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They frolic and take in the love that persistently waits
 

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La la la la la, la la la la la la la, 
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la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
 
Chorus:
E     Eb
Why  oh why this
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Town without love, too much faith in above
         E         Eb
Can you see? Can you feel the
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Force that it brings, not to worry ‘bout things
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Just the stars in the sky, all the joy in their time
        E     Eb
With a hope forrrrr   peace
 
Interlude -x4-: Ab Db Bb Eb
 
Chorus:
E     Eb
Why  oh why this
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Town without love, too much faith in above
         E         Eb
Can you see? Can you feel the
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Force that it brings, not to worry ‘bout things
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Just the stars in the sky, all the joy in their time
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All the people that kiss, all the children that wish
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All the fresh living flowers that spend all their hours
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Outside in the rain, just so happy you came
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From so far for so long, with a welcoming song
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Just to say, to saaaay…