Fifty years after the fair

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Fifty years after the fair the 
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picture I have is so clear
Underneath the clouds in the air 
rose the tyrlon and the perisphere
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And that for me was the finest of
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 scenes
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That perfect world across the 
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river in queens
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Fifty years after the fair I drink
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 from a different cup
But it does no good to compare 
'cause nothing ever measures up
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I guess just for a second we 
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thought
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That all good things would rise 
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to the top
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But how beautiful it was - 
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'tomorrow'
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We'll never have a day of sorrow
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We got through the '30's, but our 
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belts were tight
We conceived of a future with no 
hope in sight
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We've got decades ahead of us to 
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get it right
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I swear - fifty years after the 
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fair

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Fifty years after the fair I live 
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in tomorrow town
Even on a wing and a prayer The 
future never came around
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It hurts to even think of those 
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days
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The damage we do by the hopes 
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that we raise

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