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You're 70, and movin' on, in so many ways G D Em C By Randy Burman for Iris Burman on the occasion of her 70th birthday

^GGetting together at the sta^Drt was a ma^Emtter of the hea^Crt ^GTeenage love f^Dit l^Emike a g^Clove

^GEverythin^Dg was l^Emovely d^Cov ^GCrashed your sweet^D 16 in my ^EmCorvair death-trap^C machine

^GOrange fluorescent hair on ^Dfire with Jack Purcell's to m^Ematch, on my way to becoming a f^Creak ^GCharlie Manson and L^Dester Maddox ^Emdancing cheek to c^Cheek

^GYour Dad threatening my life on New Year's E^Dve, if I ever find you in t^Emhis den of iniqui^Cty again ^GJudy biti^Dng icecube^Ems with her te^Ceth

^GDiane catching th^De bouquet ^Emthat she thre^Cw ^GMarsha playing^D games ^Embut everyone ^Cknew

^GJulie at the bus stop ^Ddiscovers she's n^Emot completely d^Cressed ^GUncle Eddie's ear to the police ra^Ddio, to help put out f^Emires in the ^Cnight

^GAunt Sara pretenting at 2 o'clock in the^D morning e^Emverything was a^Clright ^GAcross the ocean far, ^Dto save the ^EmQueen, with ^Ccousin Dave

^GBack at home I wait alone tripping through the u^Dnderground listening to the s^Emounds going r^Cound ^GCountry Joe & the Fish count to four then ask what are we fighti^Dng for, don't ^Emask me, I don't ^Cgive a damn

^GJefferson^D Airplane t^Emaking ^Coff ^GJanis sang the blues and made us cry, J^Dimi touched our^Em souls and the s^Cky

^GGot mar^Dried when ^Emyou retu^Crned ^GIn your living room on Lynview Ave., th^De bride ^Emand the ^Cguy

^GWearing a 2nd-hand p^Dinstripe sui^Emt and a hunting dog^C tie ^GFor a honeymoon we went down the street^D. Where were we gonna go? A^Emstronauts were landing on ^Cthe moon.

^GWatched as the city burne^Dd, and f^Emrom the ruble^C what did we learn? ^GTurnip and mustard greens, ^Dcurly kale an^Emd colla^Crds,

^GCook 'em up with smoked ham^D hocks, hog j^Emowls or salted str^Ceak o'lean ^GWhole pig heads and black-e^Dyed peas, por^Emgies, trout, spots ^Cand mullet

^GLittle red Adeuki beans^D tumble th^Emrough your fing^Cers ^GMiso, tamari sauce, u^Dmboshi plums in a ^Emwooden ca^Csk,

^GTahini, sea salt, bur^Dlap bags of short ^Emand long grain ^Cbrown rice ^GIn the meat depar^Dtment John Coltran^Eme sharpening kniv^Ces

^GWhile inside the ^Dwalk-in icebox Mik^Emey and Alan doing the ha^Cnd jive ^GSunshine in the g^Dhetto macrobiotic ^Emsoul food st^Core

^GDaddy Logan honored with his name ^Dabove the shot-gun ^Emriddled do^Cor ^GFive loafs for a dollar, w^Dho could a^Emsk for an^Cything more

^GLes Paul hid under the bed as w^De lived on^Em the second flo^Cor [CHORUS]

^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ____

^GTill we ju^Dst couldn't ta^Emke it any^Cmore ^GThe MG midget piled high with produ^Dce, fish, possums, coons, muskrats and live cra^Embs from the easte^Crn shores

^GClimbing through the ^Dtransom ^Emwindow early in t^Che morn, ^GTo pick up Danny, whi^Dle his hillbilly girlfriend Katie ^Emmoaned don't ^Cgo - and tried to hold him back

^GFresh out of the oven, ^Dyou could smell 'em comin, Mrs. G^Emeorge's sweet potato pies reminded us of ^Canother time ^GA camel caravan crossed the sands ^Dwhere a great temple of s^Emmoke once did ^Cstand

^GRicardo waving a revolutionary flag ^Don the roof, and ^Emthe Hog Farm bus pa^Crked an the back door ^GBut a gun to Judy^D's head was pro^Emof too real to^C ignore

^GDogface on a Sunday morning bright, s^Dtole the ^Emnews while brandishin^Cg a knife ^GThe impossible-to-miss^D button on your^Em apron that said no can^C do

^GSquirt lookin' at me so strang^De, her hea^Emd askew^C, ^Gas I motioned for her to cast ^Dan eye to ^Emthe white enamel^C scale

^GAs I pointed to the crime - t^Dhe word sanitary -^Em in chrome script letters, ^Ccaked with grime ^GThe voodoo lady from around the corner, ^Ddisappeared in a cloud of blue s^Emmoke, and took the sausages^C with her

^GAdmist all th^De confusion ^Emthe city was in^C flames T^Ghe great Mahalia Ja^Dckson's voice rose fr^Emom the stone church ^Cacross the street

^GIn from the farm comes Steve Hansen with the real d^Deal, smilin' H^Emerb Bixler at the ^Cwheel ^GWith a baby pig that squealed every time he grinned, ^Dnobody asked him, b^Emut it wasn't easy bein' ^Cbacon

^GBeneath the roofs of F^Dells Point homes 1^Em8th century ships'^C carpenters built ^GThe safe harbor welcome^Dd us to stop th^Eme forces determin^Ced to destroy it

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^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ____

^GFar away in time and space, a butterfly ^Dflaps it's wings an^Emd later across the an oc^Cean, ^GA harbor breeze gently lifts the lace cu^Drtains in an open w^Emindow on Bond Street, in^Cside the room

^GPaul Swift, just released, b^Dangles dangling from his wrists,^Em smiling like the^C iguana he cuddled ^GWild Bill Hickok with an Afro, j^Dust in from the ^Emcoast with blot^Cters

^GAlan Rose in spats and a top hat, p^Dointed with his cane to the ^Empast, and said don't worry, nothing^C lasts ^GQueen Delores wore her cr^Down and watched for hours f^Emrom the tower in a b^Call gown

^GRon on the run, Do^Dnnie in it j^Emust for f^Cun ^GWhile everyone was fast a^Dsleep, Eddie Spaghetti set the s^Emtage - - on fire, with hi^Cs brother the Prince

^GGeorge Figgs and Edgar Allan Poe, ^Dwinked at each other, as the^Emy starred into the^C mirror ^GCowboy Foulke secretly in the ^Dorchard making ^Empeach wine wi^Cth John Lee Hooker

^GLenny was carved from a solid piece of stone, ^Dhis Drill Sargent voice, ^Emlike rolling thun^Cder dice ^GEveryday began as a verbal boxing match, with^D a warning shot oft re^Empeated, about the welfa^Cre worker

^Gsent by the man, unde^Dr the pretense of lend^Eming a hand, whose ^Cappearance was unplanned, ^Gand whose interf^Derrence wasn't aske^Emd for or app^Creciated

^GHe held his breath, then c^Doughed violently and cla^Emimed as he exh^Caled, ^GYou ARE in space man, ^Dyou just haven't ^Emsmoked enou^Cgh

^GHis peyote pick-up truck hopelessly trans^Dfixed, Hannibal the Co^Emnqueror dropped ^Cby, to get depressed ^GStrange Peter, ^Dsat silent on the sofa for th^Emree days stra^Cight

^GThen gazed at his untr^Dimmed finger nails, a^Emnd asked how I can^C escape? ^GCrazy Greta stepped in, ^Das always, lookin' for^Em something to ^Ceat

^GGreen Frank never seemed to fit in, ^Dhe even made ^EmJohn Waters cr^Cinge ^GSneaky Pete swore he was s^Dnakebit, b^Emut it might have been the h^Ceat

^GBobby Adams on the radio, ^Dsold tickets to the carnival, ^Emwhile carving tiny poodles out of ^Cmeat ^GSnakeman swore an oath on the petrified snake ^Ddung he traded to^Em Jimmy Silver before he left fo^Cr Ellicott City

^GJoe Blow, whatta you k^Dnow, came in ^Emfrom the s^Cnow ^GFrank the Senator had our backs^D, although ^Embeing caught ^Cred-handed

^Gwith 30 lbs of Leban^Dese in his briefca^Emse, did not sit well with^C the Feds ^GJohn Oden, the public defender, h^Dis life of crime behind him now, ^Emplayed chess with 20 people at ^Conce

^GDrumming Don reclining on the sidewalk, wi^Dth his bowl of rice and chopsticks, ^Emarguing with a capit^Cialist ^GHots in the stable, p^Dulls a rock hard black potato from his pocket, a^Emnd says this cured my ar^Cthritis

^GAnd there was Ruth, w^Dho fought for justice and truth, spoke^Em about equality and did not suffer^C fools lightly ^GTugboats belched smoke next t^Do the big shi^Emps while the water was ri^Csing on all sides

^GAnd the sense was real th^Dat this s^Emoon could all di^Csappear [CHORUS] ^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ____

^GIf we had k^Dnown, we could've jum^Emped in Noah's^C boat ^GInstead we just c^Dontinued to h^Emave hope and f^Cloat

^GCyrus dug graves by hand, ^DGrace horr^Emified us with t^Cales ^GOf how each body i^Dn the church ^Emgraveyar^Cd died

^GHow two infant twins died ^Don the front ^Emseat of a p^Cick-up truck ^GNot the kinda thing, preg^Dnant Iris wan^Emted to h^Cear

^GThe storm was intensifing as Ben ^Dcrawled out of a b^Emlackhole, which might ex^Cplain a lot ^GAbout the parallel universe, on the ^Dsecond floor of^Em the house on ^CShakespeare Street

^GCan anyone explain Dr. W^Dho arri^Emving on the sc^Cene? ^GIn bookstore on the ^Dharborfront, a ^Emfew days be^Cfore

^GHe was there with hi^Ds clamp to cut ^Emthe cord at Be^Cn's home birth, for which we were glad, ^GWhich we had hardly planned, ^Dother than knowing sometime, h^Eme'd be coming out f^Cor air

^GHis generosity profound, the^D doc accepted payment with a we^Emdge of Swiss chee^Cse ^GFrom the co^D-op we worked at ^Emacross the str^Ceet

^GYou turned to Ron and said, ^Dwe're not ca^Emlling him Toe ^CJam G D Em C

G D Em C

^GSo, nature-intent, ^Dafter having spent so long s^Emurrounded by ce^Cment ^Gwe parked the VW ca^Dmper under a ^Emtree in the pas^Cture

^GSheep bleated as dogs in the kennel barked l^Doud, framed photos on the^Em piano of Nixon waving to th^Ce crowd ^GBlack maid unseen in the kitchen, w^Dashing blood st^Emains off the flo^Cor,

^GPraying to the Lord^D, one day thi^Ems will all be n^Co more ^GPurple mulberries rainin' down from a shaken ^Dbranch on the blanket where ^EmBen sat that we spread^C on the grass

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^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ____

^GCan't leave Fells Poi^Dnt witho^Emut rela^Cting ^GHow blue Ben turned when the grape, I^D peeled and thought he'd suck on, got stu^Emck in his thro^Cat

^GBen almost died as we stood a^Dround and cried, ^Emuntil he started breathi^Cng again ^GEver since.... I've l^Doved the sound,^Em of babies crying ^CLOUD

^GOr when before dinner B^Den took a swig of lacquer t^Emhinner, from a paper^C cup ^GOn the bottom shelf of a work bench^D while visiti^Emng Kenny's s^Chop

^GThe oak toilet seat that fell down ^Dhard and smas^Emhed his little pec^Cker - ouch! ^GBen put down the Bible he held and s^Daid, yo^Emu're not Abra^Cham,

^Gand I'm not Isaac, ^Dso please, ^Emstop tryin' to s^Cacrifice me ^GJanus was Ben's 2nd mother, conj^Dured spirits from other realms, kne^Emw how karma worked and how^C it would end

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^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays

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^GBeyond the ^Dfarm, sa^Emfe from ha^Crm ^GTo where Mo^Dther Goose'S mus^Emcles loosen^Ced

^GFollowing M^Darsha's l^Emead down^C south ^GTo where the sun shines bright a^Dnd mangoes ^Emdrop from trees ^Cplop p^Clop

^GIn that house with the FBI next door, ^Dwe lived with Mary, ^EmBob, Silent^C Joe, and Joshua until he got hitched ^GThe snake charmer next door who wore a tu^Drban, d^Emrank his own urine and dr^Cove a Karman Ghia

^GEvery once in a while, A^Dl the Pal would stop by, wi^Emth a new suspension of^C belief ^GJohn the Baptist dancing in the rain, ^DJesus at Tobacco ^EmRoad ordering a shooter^C with a beer,

^GAn old paraplegic in a w^Dheelchair, w^Emaiting for it all to become c^Clear ^GDiamond Dust was everywhere, gli^Dttering like the s^Emun in the s^Cky and the sand

^GMartha and Lucy enlightned us, w^Dith stories of B^Emrahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Hanuman and Ga^Cnesh ^GStudent dreams with Eugene, became Edu^Dcating Hands, and^Em eventually wi^Cth Sandy, TouchAbilities

^GBut wait, b^Dack-up, we're not at t^Emhe end, the ^Cgroup descends ^GAnd soon above the garage i^Dn Marsha's and ^EmBucky's apa^Crtment

^GA very natural thing happened, we think, i^Dn that room radiating with wa^Emrm glowing light an^Cd love ^CBen sat beside you and watched, chomping on apple a^Gfter apple from the bag he^D held, as the miracle too^Ck place

^GSurrounded by midwives this time, ^Dmassage school cl^Emassmates and loving fam^Cily all around ^GPrecious Alana e^Dmerged g^Emracefully and ^Ceasy

^GAs she star^Dted to app^Emear you scre^Camed ^GGet out of ^Dthe way I can't ^Emsee the vi^Cdeo screen

^GA content and gentle smile^D lit up her ^Emface as she first made^C eye contact with you ^GThe countenance of an ange^Dl with a cut^Eme little lovable smush^Ced nose...

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^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays

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^GLooking out your window to see t^Dhat same ^Emplace from the pa^Cst ^GTeaching massage is a dance where s^Dtudents learn anatomy and how to untense ^Emligaments with ^Cgrace

^GCountless hands laid on countless bod^Dies. Count^Emless lives transform^Ced. ^GBarry sat o^Dn a rock a^Emnd med^Citated.

^GEd rocked w^Dhere eve^Emr he sat or s^Ctood. ^GMany passed thru the door o^Dn the w^Emay to the promised ^Cland

^GThe Hotel U^Dniverse we^Emlcomed them ^Call ^GThe man who walked across the ^Dcountry pul^Emling his li^Cttle red wagon

^Gdelivering his message that only by r^Despecting mothers could the ^Emworld be sa^Cved ^GTony the pool shark w^Dithout redemption^Em hustling the post^Cman

^GThieves ^Dtaking the ^Empot but not the l^Cid. ^GKids jumping on the trampo^Dline trying to t^Emouch the^C sky

^GRhea laughed as she leaned over the sink and painted herself ^Dyellow with mango, ^Emand no one really k^Cnew why ^GThe Bugatti left, where it ran out of^D gas in France after ^Emthe war, as the D^Coctor escaped with the Ketamine

^GA chorus of frogs croaked the national anthem i^Dn the swamp, as^Em a geko in a tree listen^Ced unseen ^GThe Tennessee Farm up the street, i^Dn a used-to-be school house b^Emuilt of Dade ^CCountry pine

^GKids of every size, c^Dolor and shape, in ti^Eme-dyed clothes, eating soyb^Ceans instead of meat ^GMark Blownaparte camouflaged like a dessert fox ^Dwith a gold chain and ^Emdark -^C glasses

^GHe seemed to know what he was talking about^D, built a cannon to^Em rain colored water on the^C - masses ^GRichard off his meds in the morning, n^Daked on the sofa, w^Emaiting for a bus or the ap^Cocalypse

^GThe little dark skin girl from Paris w^Dho begged for spr^Eming rolls in the m^Carketplace ^GAlma's fate was in the kitchen, Laurel^D was at the gate, while Cai though^Emt it was already too late^C

^GSteve played saxophone alone in h^Dis room and^Em wrote love le^Ctters to the moon ^GUnder the hood of a 240Z, Jan smiled a^Dt Vicky but couldn'^Emt see, her kid brother wal^Ckin' off with the gun

^GDomingo said mi casa es tu ^Dcasa, but^Em soon everyone had le^Cft ^GRoyal poincianas bloomed, t^Dhe nu^Emmbers on the r^Cooms

^GWould never be replaced,^D still all was doomed ^Emalthough we never ^Cknew ^GUntil it^D was ^Emtoo l^Cate

^GYesterday jumped over the ^Dfence and^Em never retur^Cned ^GLiving in that neighborhood, where the Tequesta once s^Dtood, waiting for thei^Emr world to come to a^Cn end

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^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ___

^GAnyway, I'm sure I skipped a lot ^Dbut t^Emhis is what I ^Cgot ^GIt's already so damn long, i^Dt's okay, ^EmI think, to^C give it a rest

^GDid I mention Julie asking^D are you w^Emearing t^Chat? ^GThe kids mo^Dved to ^Emhigher gro^Cund

^GTheir friends stopped coming aro^Dund, we^Emll, except^C Tom ^GWe see them le^Dss, and that's not th^Eme best, especially with ru^Cg rats crawing around

^GBut now you're 70 Iri^Ds, let's hope th^Emat's for t^Che best [CHORUS] ^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ^GMoving on in so many wa^Dys, ^EmMoving on for so many d^Cays ____

^GYou're 70 a^Dnd moving on, in^Em so many^C ways ^GWhat lies ahead no one k^Dnows whi^Emch way the wind will ^Cblow

^GBut as sure as yesterday, t^Dhe next ^Emday unf^Colds ^GHope you enjoyed this romp ^Dthrough ^Emthe pas^Ct

^GJust be aware, n^Dothi^Emng la^Csts ^GBut while you're still he^Dre, ^EmI lift this ^Cglass

^GTo toast you on your B^Dirthday I^Emris - Che^Cers! ^GHappy 7^D0th ^EmBirthday Ir^Cis.

Misc Your Songs - Randy burman - youre 70 movin on in so many ways