Be Calm

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As I walk through the streets of my new city 
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My back feeling much better, I suppose 
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I've reclaimed the use of my imagination 
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For better or for worse, I've yet to know 
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But I always knew you'd be the one to understand me, 
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I guess that's why it took so long to get things right. 

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Suddenly I'm lost 
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On my street 
B 
On my block 
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Oh why, Oh why 
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Oh why haven't you been there for me? 
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Can't you see, I'm losing my mind this time? 
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This time it's for real, I can see 
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The tops of trees are turning red 
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The beggars near bodegas grin at me 
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I think they want something 
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I close my eyes, I tell myself to breathe 
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And be calm. 
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Be calm. 
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I know you feel like you are breaking down. 
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I know that it gets so hard sometimes. 
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Be calm. 
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I'm scared that everyone is out to get me. 
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"These days before you speak to me you pause." 
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"I always see you looking out your window." 
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"After all, you lost your band, you left your mom." 
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Now every single crack, every penny that I pass, 
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Says I should either leave or pick it up 
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But with every single buck I've made 
E 
I'm saddled with bad luck that came 
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The moment I was baptized 
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Or when I found out one day I'm gonna die 
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If only I could find my people or my place in life 
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A when they come a'carolin' 
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So loud, so bright, the theremin 
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Will lead us to a chorus 
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Where we'll all rejoice and sing a song that goes: 
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Oh be calm. 
B 
Be calm. 
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I know you feel like you are breaking down. 
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I know that it gets so hard sometimes. 
B 
Be calm. 
B 
Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times. 
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You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive 
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And everything's wrong 
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It just gets so hard sometimes 
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Be calm. 
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I don't remember much that night, 
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Just walking, thinking fondly of you 
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Thinking how the worst is yet to come 
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When from that street corner came a song 
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And I can't remember the man, 
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The panhandler or his melody. 
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The words exchanged had far exceeded any change I'd given thee.