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[01:03.73]He tries so hard to get himself together
[01:11.82]But he's so weak he couldn't lift a feather
[01:19.51]And it looks as though it's gonna be bad weather
[01:28.28]When he comes down from the clouds
[01:35.90]His mother says, "I wish he'd stop his drinking
[01:43.65]It's like a ship that's on the verge of sinking"
[01:51.55]But she don't see his pupils as they're shrinking
[01:59.95]When he's away in the clouds
[02:08.15]He's just a boy with a problem he can't conceal
[02:15.58]He thinks he's controlling his habit
[02:18.52]But soon from this earth he will leave
[02:33.22]He used to be a very happy fellow
[02:41.23]And everything he did was very mellow
[02:49.18]But now his skin is slowly turning yellow
[02:57.53]Looking just like a bad dream
[03:05.20]And he used to play a melody so pretty
[03:12.72]On his silver steel a long way from the city
[03:20.83]But now my heart is so filled up with pity
[03:29.48]What can we do with him now?
[03:37.67]He's just a boy with a problem he can't conceal
[03:44.95]He thinks he's controlling his habit
[03:47.99]But soon from this earth he will leave
[04:26.03]I'm gonna write a song and send it to him
[04:33.97]And maybe he will see just what I'm feeling
[04:41.86]I've still got love and hope and my affection
[04:49.85]To keep him from fading away
[04:57.53]The earth is pure, her veins are rivers of water
[05:05.36]And man should be as a father to a daughter
[05:13.05]But he does what he likes because he thinks he's bought her
[05:21.40]Laughing while he injects her with his fill
[05:29.86]He's just a boy with a problem lost out in space
[05:37.07]They've turned him into a junkie
[05:40.31]Look at his face, what a disgrace
[05:54.28]What a disgrace
[05:58.95]Oh, what a disgrace
[06:08.91]Oh, what a disgrace
[06:15.53]Oh, such a terrible waste
[06:23.41]Such a terrible waste