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| There was a swirling mass of | water that lived in a | quiet pond |
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| It asked permission from its | master to visit the | lands beyond |
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| And its master | allowed it to | fly |
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| So the | wind swept the | whirlpool | across the sky |
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| The whirlpool's mother wore a | jacket she'd sewn out of | dental floss |
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| It was stolen by a | monkey that sold it to an | albatross |
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| And it | had the id | ea to | fly |
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| so the | wind swept the | whirlpool | across the sky |
| D | Bm | D | Bm | |
| There was a swirling mass of | water that lived in a | quiet pond |
| D | Bm | D | Bm | |
| It asked permission from its | master to visit the | lands beyond |
| F# | E | Bm | |
| And its master | allowed it to | fly |
| F# | E | Bm | |
| So the | wind swept the | whirlpool | across the sky |
| F# | E | Bm | |
| And it | had the id | ea to | fly |
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| so the | wind swept the | whirlpool | across the sky |