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Sing a Simple Song
Popularized By: Sly & the Family Stone
Written By: (Sylvester Stewart)
Release Year: 1968
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Sing a simple song!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm talkin' talkin' talkin' talkin' talkin' in my sleep
I'm walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin' in the street
Time is passin', I grow older, things are happening fast
All I have to hold onto is a simple song at last

(Let me hear you say)
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya

Sing a simple song
Try a little doe rey me fah soh lah ti doh
Doe rey me fah soh lah ti doh
Doe rey me fah soh lah ti doh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm livin' livin' livin' life with all its ups and downs
I'm givin' givin' givin' love and smilin' at the frowns
You're in trouble when you find it's hard for you to smile
A simple song might make it better for a little while

(Let me hear you say)
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm talkin' talkin' talkin' talkin'
I'm walkin' walkin' walkin' walkin'
I'm livin' livin' livin' love
I'm livin' lovin' know about lovin'

(Heh, heh, heh, heh)
Everybody sing together
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya
Sing it in the shower
Yaaaaa, ya-ya yaa ya
Sing it every hour, sing it
Sing it, sing it, sing it
Sing it to your mama, sing it
Sing it mama, got to sing it
Sing it papa, got to sing it

I'm talkin'
I'm walkin'

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