Sent:   Saturday, January 03, 1998 9:01 AM

Long Promised Road

written by Carl Wilson/Jack Rieley
performed by the Beach Boys
from "Surf's up", 1971

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So hard to answer future's riddle
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When ahead is seeming so far behind
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So hard to laugh a child-like giggle
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When the tears start to torture my mind
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So hard to shed the life of before
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To let my soul automatically soar

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But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
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Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
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  F7/C
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

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                Em7Em7 Piano Chord 

Sew up the wounds of evolution
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And the now starts to get in my way
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So what if life's a revelation
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If the mind speaks of only today
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So real, the pain of growing in soul
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Of climbing up to reality's goal

But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

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                   Dm7Dm7 Piano Chord 

Long promised road, trail starts at dawn
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Carries on to the season's ending
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Long promised road, flows to the source,
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gentle force, never ending, never ending

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So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre
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When the weight turns a smile to a frown
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So hard to drink of passion nectar
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When the taste of life's holding me down
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So hard to plant the seed of reform
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To set my sights on defeating the storm

So I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

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Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
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I'd love to see you
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I'd love to see you
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I'd love to see you
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I'd love to see you
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I'd love to see you
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I'd love to see you

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