Intro
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Dear John,
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What's wrong?
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Why can't you just be anything you want?
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Why not? Why not?
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I tried to tell you then. You didn't understand.
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They try and pigeonhole you.
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Buddy, they don't even know you.
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But hang on
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my dear, dear, John.
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Maybe you're not just like everyone,
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so what, so what.
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And there's more
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to live for,
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Than some abbreviated encore,
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much more, much more.
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You can't define yourself in terms of someone else.
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You can't say what you're thinking?
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But I don't know what you've been drinking.
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But don't cry.
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'Cause life goes on.
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Dear John, you could be anything you want.
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Why not? Why not?
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Why you could even be an astronaut,
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Dear John, dear John.