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In CHere's another song in CWhen I play piano, it's my key If I was playing my guitar I'd probably be in G, the chances are But here's another song in C With my favorite protagonist: me Of my little world, our talent show I sing all about it so you'll know When the people in it break my heart Then my little world can fall apart And there's not a thing I can do Except to sing in C to you Oh, there used to be a family Brothers, sisters, father, mother and me We were living in a little home We were fending off the great unknown But the great unknown, it got inside And what had been home, it did divide In the end, the father had to leave When he did, the mother had to grief That's the time real troubles start It's when a world can fall apart And there's not a thing I can do Except to sing in C to you I grew up and had a family And it broke apart so easily All that started 30 years ago Why it's never ended, I don't know I could blame it on the great unknown Or as a kid, when I was told and shown But I blame myself, and I blame her The cruel and foolish people that we were And the children that we had are grown They're out fending off their great unknown And I've noticed, they're a bit like me With a tendency to sing in C So by now, it's clear to hear and know I don't play a lot of piano But sometimes a fella has to sit Just to sing about the heavy shit And the great unknown's a hurricane With howling winds and floods, driving rain You might make it through, but you don't know If right behind it is a tornado And if families didn't break apart I suppose that they don't need for art Oh, but you and I know they do So I sing in C to you |