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When I was a young man, I found an old dream
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It was as battered and worn a one, as you have ever seen
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I invented some new wings, and I painted a nose
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I wished so hard, up in the air, I ro-o-ose, singing
EDAE
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world
DAE
Carry me, carry me, carry me
EBAC#mB
And I once loved a girl, she was younger than me
EB
Her parents kept her locked, up in their lives
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And she was crying, she was wishing she could be free
EB
Of course I mostly remember her laughing
AC#mB
Standing there and watching us play
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For a while then, the music, would take her away and sheʼd be singing
EDAE
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above this world
DAE
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world
EBA
Then there was my mother, she was lying in white sheets there
C#mB
And she was waiting to die
EBA
She said if you just reach underneath this bed, and untie these weights
C#mB
I could surely fly
EB
Sheʼs still smiling but sheʼs tired
AC#mB
Sheʼd like to hear that last bell ring
EBAC#mA
You know if she still could she would, stand up, she would sing
EDAE
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world
DADADAE
Carry me, carry me, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, ooh