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I Stopped Listening To Dylan With Both Ears After Highway 64 (sic) And Blonde On Blonde, And Even Then It Was Because George (harrison) Would Sit Me Down And Make Me Listen.

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I Stopped Listening To

John Lennon

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I Stopped Listening To Dylan With Both Ears After Highway 64 (sic) And Blonde On Blonde, And Even Then It Was Because George (harrison) Would Sit Me Down And Make Me Listen.

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Make Your Own Dream .i Can't Wake You Up. You Can Wake You Up. I Can't Cure You. You Can Cure You.

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If The Beatles Or The 60's Had A Message, It Was 'learn To Swim. And Once You've Learned - Swim!

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I Realized That Kids Everywhere Go For The Same Stuff; And Seeing As We'd Done It In England, There's No Reason Why We Couldn't Do It In America Too.

You Can't Cheat Kids. If You Cheat Them When They're Children They'll Make You Pay When They're Sixteen Or Seventeen By Revolting Against You Or Hating You Or All Those So-called Teenage Problems. I Think That's Finally When They're Old Enough To Stand Up To You And Say, 'what A Hypocrite You've Been All This Time. You've Never Given Me What I Really Wanted, Which Is You.

The World Went Mad And Used Us As An Excuse.

They Hit You At School, They Hate You If Your Clever, And They Despise A Fool.

They'll Never Be Able To Forget Us.

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