A Promise To Distinction

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[G]Once I was younger than
The younge[C]st of fragile minds         [G]
I ate the day with bad manners     [C]
Then spit out the rind       [G]

And moth[Em]er, mother told me     [G]
As I [Em]looked to the sky       [D]
[Em]Yes my mother told me, "[G]my dear son,       [C]                     [D]
You're not the one"       [G]

[G]I flew home when I was j[C]ust 21              [G]
Young enough to be the father of someone[C]                    [G]
I've got a conch pi[C]ssed with conch republic rum           [G]

My father by my side, teary-eyed, he said:

[Em]"Son, by God, [G]what I could ha[C]ve done,          [D]
[Em]And you're just [G]like me
You can, really pu[C]t 'em down           [D]
[C]If I was in yo[D]ur place, I'd stay, h[G]ave fun"
[C]          [D]     But I'm not the on[G]e

[G]Now I'm sittin' here    [C]
Haggling over sums       [G]
Money made by someone else    [C]
To m[G]e, it don't belong    [C]
[G]I toss a smile to the mighty[C] boss
[G]He's my God    [C]
[G]But I'm a bit backw[C]ards
And I kn[G]ow he's just a fuckin' dog   [C]

[Em]And mother, mother told me,    [G]
[Em]As I looked to the sky    [D]
[Em]Yes my mother[G] told me my dear so[C]n                  [D]
"You're not the one"      [G]                [C]
"you're not the one"    [G]               [C]
You're not the one"   [G]               [C]
You're not the one"    [G]                 [C]

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