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Ballad Of The Last Five Years
The Guess Who

(Cummings)


Gary lives with Rosie

And Be Bop got something old and something new

I got something fine for you every minute now

If you wanna sit right down and stick it all right through.


They were gettin' tired of Johnny and all the big boys from N. Y. C.

They say Jump on board pretty baby

And I don't know but it seems like it might be a pretty good buzz to me.


They'll help you and they'll hurt you

You're asked to leave so much behind

They say forget about tomorrow

And concentrate on everything you know you're gonna find.


So move over red robin,

Have you got room for one more that just can't seem to win...

There's no sense denying

That's your best reason on Earth for crying

Those days will never be 'round again.


There's Jackie and there's Brian

Then there's four, then there's five, and then a couple more

You be a good boy and don't drink too much I'll show you something, maybe one trick

Later on, maybe a couple more.


So step right up and put your music where your mouth is

The pretty boys can make room for one more that just can't seem to win

There's no sense denying that's the reason they found you crying

Your chance will never be 'round again.


But I'll help you in the meantime

Total up just what they're worth when they're gone

If you don't get it right the first time

I'll help you take one more crack at it much, much later on.


'Cause Gary lives with Rosie...


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  6 A.M. Or Nearer   8:15   969 (The Oldest Man) [Instrumental]   A Wednesday In Your Garden   Albert Flasher   Albert Flasher [*]   All Hashed Out   American Woman   American Woman [Take 25]   American Women   Arrivederci Girl   Attila's Blues   Back To The City   Broken   Broken [*]   Bus Rider   Bye Bye Babe   Cardboard Empire   Clap For The Wolfman   Clock On The Wall   Coming Down Off The Money Bag   Coors For Sunday   Dancin' Fool   Diggin' Yourself   Dirty   Do You Miss Me Darlin'?   Don't You Want Me   Down And Out Woman   Dreams   Eye   Fair Warning   Fiddlin'   Flying On The Ground   Flying On The Ground Is Wrong   Follow Your Daughter Home   Found Her In A Star   Friends Of Mine   Get Your Ribbons On   Glamour Boy   Goin' Little Crazy   Grey Day   Guns Guns Guns   Hamba Gahle-Usalang Gahle   Hand Me Down World   Hand Me Down World [#]   Hang On To Your Life   Hang On to Your Life [Single Version]   Heartbroken Bopper   Heaven Only Moved Once Yesterday   Herbert's Loser   Hoe Down Time   Humpty's Blues/American Woman (Epilogue)   I Will Play A Rhapsody   I’m In The Mood For Love   Just Let Me Sing   Laughing   Lie Down   Life In The Bloodstream   Light Foot   Light Foot [Take 2 Rehearsal][Version]   Light My Fire   Lightfoot   Long Gone   Lost And Found Town   Love And A Yellow Rose   Loves Me Like A Brother   Maple Fudge   Meanin’ So Much   Minstrel Boy   Miss Frizzy   Moan For You Joe   Musicioné   Musicione   My Own Way To Rock   New Mother Nature   No Sugar Tonight   No Sugar Tonight/ New Mother Nature   No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature   No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature [Instrumental]   No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature [Original Stere...   No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature [Take 9]   No Time   No Time [#]   Nobody Knows His Name   Of A Dropping Pin   Of a Dropping Pin [*]   Old Joe   One Divided   One Way Road To Hell   Orly   Pain Train   Pink Wine Sparkles In The Glass   Pleasin' For Reason   Power In The Music   Pretty Blue Eyes   Proper Stranger   Rain Dance   Rain Dance [*]   Rain Dance [#]   Rich World Poor World   Road Food   Rock And Roller Steam   Rosanne   Runnin' Back To Saskatoon   Running Bear   Samantha's Living Room   Seems Like I Can't Live With You, But I Can&#...   Self Pity   Shakin' All Over   Share The Land   Share the Land [#]   She Might Have Been A Nice Girl   Shoppin' Bag Lady   Smoke Big Factory   So Long, Bannatyne   Song Of The Dog   Sour Suite   Sour Suite [#]   Star Baby   Straighten Out   Summertime Blues   Take It Off My Shoulders   Take One Away   Talisman   The Answer   The Watcher   These Eyes   These Eyes [#]   Those Show Biz Shoes   Three More Days   Undun   We're Coming To Dinner   When Friends Fall Out   When Friends Fall Out [*]   When Friends Fall Out [Single Version]   When You Touch Me   White Room   Women   You Keep Me Hanging On   Your Nashville Sneakers

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