Both Sides Now - Pete Seeger

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Rows and floes

         
 of angel hair
             
And ice cream 

             
castles in the

 
 air
            
And feather ca

           
nyons everywhe

re
           
I've looked at

             
 clouds that w

ay
            
But now they o

            
nly block the 


sun
             
They rain and 

            
snow on everyo

ne
            
So many things

              
 I would have 


done
           
But clouds got

       
 in my way

             
I've looked at

             
 clouds from b

          
oth sides now
            
From up and do

             
wn, and still 

    
somehow
           
It's cloud ill

         
usions I recal

l
          
I really don't

             
 know clouds a

                      
t all

           
Moons and June

            
s and ferris w

heels
             
The dizzy, dan

            
cing way you f

eel
            
As every fairy

            
 tale comes re

al
            
I've looked at

           
 love that way

            
But now it's j

           
ust another sh

ow
             
You leave 'em 

             
laughing when 

    
you go
            
And if you car

              
e don't let th

   
em know
            
Don't give you

        
rself away

             
I've looked at

             
 love from bot

        
h sides now
             
From give and 

            
take and still

     
 somehow
            
It's love's il

       
lusions I reca

ll
          
I really don't

             
 know love at 

                    
all

           
Tears and fear

             
s and feeling 


proud
             
To say, "I lov

             
e you" right o

   
ut loud
            
Dreams and sch

              
emes and circu

  
s crowds
            
I've looked at

           
 life that way
            
But now old fr

            
iends are acti

      
ng strange
             
They shake the

              
ir heads, they

         
 say I've chan

ged
             
Well something

             
's lost but so

           
mething's gain

ed
           
In living ever

  
y day

             
I've looked at

          
 life from bot

h sides now
             
From win and l

            
ose and still 

   
somehow
            
It's life's il

       
lusions I reca

ll
           
I really don't

             
 know life, at

                     
 all

           
Daughter, daug

             
hter, don't yo

  
u know
             
You're not the

             
 first to feel

      
 just so
           
Ah, let me say

           
 before I go,
            
it's worth it 

   
anyway
           
Someday we may

            
 all be surpri

sed,
             
we'll wake and

            
 open up our e

yes
            
And then we al

           
l will realise
            
the whole worl

             
d feels this w

ay

             
We've all been

       
 living upside

 down
            
And turned aro

             
und with love 

    
unfound
           
Until we turn 

    
and face the s

un
          
Yes, all of us

                            
, every one

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