The Riddle

by Five for Fighting

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There was a man back in_ nine-ty five_ whose heart ran out of_ sum-mers._ But be-fore_ he died._ I asked_ him. "Wait, what's the sense_ in life?_ Come o-ver me,_ come o-ver me?"_ He said, "Son,_ why you got to sing that tune? Catch a Dy-lan song_ or some e-clipse of the moon, let an an-gel swing_ and make you swoon, then you will see,_ you will see."_ Then he said, "Here's a} rid-dle for you; find the an-swer. There's a rea-son for the world,_ you and I."_ Picked up my kid_ from school to-day._ "Did you learn an-y-thing,_ 'cause in the world to-day_ you can't live in a cas-tle far_ a-way._ Now talk to me,_ come talk to me."_ He said, "Dad,_ I'm big, but we're small-er than small._ In the scheme of things,_ well, we're noth-ing at all._ Still, ev-'ry moth-er's child_ sings a lone-ly song, so play with me,_ come play with me._ And hey, Dad, here's a rid-dle for you. Find the an-swer. There's a rea-son for the world,_ you and I."_ I said, "Son, for all I've told you, when you get right down to the rea-son for the world,_ who am I?_ There are se-crets that we still have left to find._ There have been mys-ter-ies from the be-gin-ning of time. There are an-swers we're not wise e-nough_ to see."_ He said, "You look-ing for a clue._ I love you free." you and I..._

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