Evolution

Langdon Smith

Voice

Soprano

Alto

Tenor

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Pa le

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dum

zo

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dim

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ba

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ba dum dum

ba dum dum

by

side

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ba dum dum

side

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na

in the

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and I was a fish

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ba dum

and

ba dum

pole

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you were a tad

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time,

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When

da

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V1a

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further evolved

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sprawled

through

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depths of the Cam bri an

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through the

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my

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heart was rife with the joy

of life

for I

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ven then.

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and mind

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less

loved

we

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lived

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we

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Mindless

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loved you

da

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and mind

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less

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we

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caught

our

breath

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death

the

of

time,

from the womb

we

of

till we

on in the lathe

drift

world turned

of the Ca ra doc

in the rift

hot lands heaved a main,

deep

si de.

and

by

di ed;

slum bered side

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at last

and crept

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in

to life

a gain.

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dim

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ba dum

wor ry

that

our

love

aa

aa

ba da

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dum

doo doo doo

doo doo doo

da

da

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might

change.

da

aa

dum

aa

dum

ba dum

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ture's

be gin nin' to look

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quite

strange.

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long

run.

You just

I'm

got ta

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sure

we'll

have

some

fa ith

in

have

a good

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oo

da

oo

da

drab

as

a dead man's

at

ease

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and

tailed,

scaled

ans

coiled

bi

phi

ha nd;

oo

oo

We were am

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tion.

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'neath the drip

ping

tre es

and

or

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trailed through the mud and

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wri ting

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hint

at the life

in the emp

ty

dark

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and

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light

spark

gle

trees

to

swift through the jun

never

with

co me.

to

clawed feet

blind with our three

dumb,

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a lan guage

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sa nd.

we

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swung in our

ai

hush

ry

of the moon less

flights,

ni ghts;

or

breathed in

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the balms

oh!

what

of the fron

beau ti

ful

ded

palms

years

were

in the

these when our

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hearts clung

ea ch to

hearts

clung each

hearts

first

faint

dawn

jungle
noises

monkey
noises

when

each

clung each

each;

to

to

of

life

was

filled

each

spe ech.

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thrilled

banana!

in

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and our sen

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So don't

that

our

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ture's

I'm

sure

we'll

love

might

be gin nin' to look

have

change.

quite

strange.

a good

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long

run.

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wor ry

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in

tusked like the great Cave

gowned in your glor

ious

and

flint

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ting

edge

were

and

a cut

feet

to

to

head

flaked

och bull

sweet, from

ha ir.

my

you,

Bear;

was thewed like an Aur

tion.

vo lu

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have some fa ith

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got ta

and shaped

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it

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fit ted it,

with bru

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tish

head

da

broke

craft;

to haft;

Bridge (V3b)

then I

hid

shank from a wood

me

close

to

the ree

da

loo

da

da

loo

dum

dum

loo

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loo

dum

and

dum

dank

land

dy

tarn,

where the

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came

mam moth

to drink;

the

brink.

u pon

rude

and

hai

ry

hand

bone

drave

the

stone

and

rein

deer

bone

with

carved

that

fight

on

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pic tured his

and

brawn

through

slew him

fall

on

the

ca

vern

wa

ll

that

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men

might

un

der

stand.

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change.

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might

strange.

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ba

ba

da

da

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na

na

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wor ry

na

ty

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da

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that

was al

We al

rea

dy

love

rea dy

our

Our past

pret

had

a good

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long run.

Conclusion (V4)

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was a

mil

dum

lion

da

years

da

dum

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go

in

do

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in

time

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that

no

man

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kno ws;

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da

fa ith

put your

got ta

that

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You just

yet

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here

to

night

eyes

are

deep

dum

the mel low

ght

dum

springs,

da

your

do

da

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ni co's.

hair

is

dark

as

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let us

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jet,

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sit

da

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as the De von

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dum

in

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drink

new

to

dim

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do

was

fish.

pole

dim

do

dim

do

dim

do

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do

do

tad

dim

dim

do

do

and

dim

you were

when

dim

the time

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