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C# B G#
He seemed no different from the rest
C# B E
Just a healthy normal boy
C# B G#
His mama always did her best
C# B E
And he was daddy's pride and joy
C# B G#
He learned to walk and talk on time
C# B E
But never cared much to be held
C# B G#
and steadily he would decline
C# B E
Into his solitary shell
B A E
As a boy he was considered somewhat odd
B A E
Kept to himself most of the time
B A E
He would daydream in and out of his own world
F#m A
but in every other way he was fine
E
He's a Monday morning lunatic
B
Disturbed from time to time
A
Lost within himself
E B
In his solitary shell
E
A temporary catatonic
B
Madman on occasion
A
When will he break out
E B
Of his solitary shell
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He struggled to get through his day
C# B E
He was helplessly behind
C# B G#
He poured himself onto the page
C# B E
Writing for hours at a time
B A E
As a man he was a danger to himself
B A E
Fearful and sad most of the time
B A E
He was drifting in and out of sanity
F#m A
But in every other way he was fine
E
He's a Monday morning lunatic
B
Disturbed from time to time
A
Lost within himself
E B
In his solitary shell
E
A momentary maniac
B
With casual delusions
A
When will he be let out
E B
Of his solitary shell
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