"Quiet" by Malvina Reynolds
3/4 Open Tuning
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I don't know much about much, and what I don't know I don't say,
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and when I have nothing to say I'm quiet.
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If there's occasion to holler I'll try it, I can make noise with the best,
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But most of the rest of the time I'm quiet.
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I've made mistakes in the past, things that I blush over yet,
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but I hardly ever regret having been quiet.
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I have a TV at home, and I do truly enjoy it.
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I can just leave it alone, and it's quiet.
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If there's occasion to holler I'll try it, I can make noise with the best,
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But most of the rest of the time I'm quiet.
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I'm not unsociable no, people are fine in repose,
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somehow my favorites are those who are quiet.
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Quiet's a wonderful sound, better than oboe or fiddle
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Someday I'm going to be found in the middle of quiet.
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If there's occasion to holler I'll try it, I can make noise with the best,
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But most of the rest of the time I'm quiet.
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Sing me a song of the sea, soft as the breath of the breeze,
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sing me to sleep and then please keep quiet.
