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Was the name of the book
He never, never, never wrote

Man overboard, man overboard
Man overboard

We paved the roads
We really blanketed everything
We never, never, never wrote

He tried the West
He really studied the signs
He never, never, never wrote
He never, never wrote

Man overboard, man overboard
Man overboard

Man overboard, man overboard
Man overboard, man overboard
Man overboard

We paved the roads
We really blanketed everything
We never, never, never wrote

We never, never wrote
We never, never wrote
We never, never wrote



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    I think "waitingforsunday" is spot-on with this one. To me, the meaning of the lyrics are pretty obvious and straight-forward . Eloquence without verbosity. It reads like a short poem.

    As can be related to by a lot of us, the opportunities were presented, but never jumped on. The ambitions were there, but the motivation was not. He even moved out West because of all of the "potential", but didn't get anywhere. Now everything passed him by and he feels like he has no more control and doesn't know what to do.

    BranchDavidianStyleon October 03, 2011   Link

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