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SO LONG I HAVE SEARCHED FOR THE CAUSES OF ALL CAUSES
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FOR THE RHYME AND THE REASON OF ALL THINGS
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ELUDING ME THROUGH SIMPLICITY
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MY CHASE WAS AN END NOT A MEANS
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AND MY HEROS ALL CARRIED TEST TUBES IN THEIR HANDS
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SCIENTISTS WOULD SAVE US FROM THE PROBLEMS OF THIS LAND
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THE SON AND THE EVERGREEN APPEARED TO ME THAT DAY
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TO TAKE MY ATTENTION AWAY
AT FIRST TOWARD MAGIC AND BEAUTY I CHARGED
THEN I TEMPERED MY GATE THROUGH SCHOOL
FORMAL LEARNING CAN CLOSE ALL THE DOORS
IF YOU DON’T DISBELIEVE SOME OF THE RULES
AND THE SHAMON’S POWER JUST COMES FROM YOU AND ME
SWEET PLACEBO IS FLAVORING MY TEA
LET’S NOT CLOSE THE DOOR ON DEAR HIPPOCRATES
LETS UNITE TO ALLEVIATE THE PAIN
THE DAYS OF THE BARBER AND SURGEON ARE GONE
GYPSIE CURES MELT IN THE SETTING SUN
BUT MY MEDICINE AND MY MAGIC AND MY SCIENCE STILL REMAIN
SEARCHING FOR THE CURES TO PAIN
THOUGH WEATHERED AND BATTERED I’M FILLED WITH DELIGHT
BEEN SEARCHING SO LONG, MY HORIZON’S IN SIGHT
THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MANY, BUT THE CALMS HAVE BEEN MILD
AND I’M THANKFUL FOR EVERY SINGLE MILE