I’m down (video)

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Ah ah ah ah (4x)

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1. Shook my head out of dreams, reality calling,

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the early bird’s been up all morning,

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but I’ve got no notion of moving from where I am.

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Though my legs won’t move, I feel disabled,

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I’m on a shelf, an article labelled,

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waiting for someone to fetch me from lost and found.

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I’m down, no one to hear me calling,

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I’m down, no one to see me falling, I’m do........wn.

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2. Had my ways with days of sunshine,

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life came easy, it all fell in line,

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but then again, I didn’t realize.

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When you’re used to one thing, it’s hard to accept another,

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like the woman who brought you up, well she ain’t your mother,

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how do you cope with a thing like that.

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I’m down, no one to hear me calling,

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I’m down, no one to see me falling, I’m do........wn.

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+ I always thought it was my Dad who went to war,

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thought it was my sister who fell off the wall.

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My pseudo brother Billy emigrated long ago,

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someone went through pain to have me, someone I should know.

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I’m down, ah ah, I’m down, ah ah.

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3. To the folks who brought me up, I’m not ungrateful,

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kept the secret from me, they thought it was shameful,

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it hurt me so to be the last one to know.

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Maybe someone’s out there, looking for me,

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left on their own, couldn’t afford to clothe me,

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and I, I don’t even know my real name.

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I’m down, no one to hear me calling,

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I’m down, no one to see me falling, I’m do........wn.

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+ I’m do....wn, I’m down.

(The Hollies)