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Silver dollars

Riaan Smit 1988 (Windhoek)

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Let your hair down, let yourself go
Let your hair down, let yourself be free
I’ve got a silver and it don’t belong to me
So i say let your hair down, let yourself be free

I've been chasing silver dollars for as long as know
Just watching time go and drift, right through the window
Now here they come, there they go, they say to me
That I won't be the one to break free

Let my hair down, let myself go
Let my hair down, let myself be free
I’ve got a silver and it don’t belong to me
So i say let your hair down, let yourself be free

The world seems to be, so far away
Just going along and making the same old mistakes
Now here they come, there they go, they say to me
That I won't be the one to break free

Let my hair down, let myself go
Let my hair down, let myself be free
I’ve got a silver and it don’t belong to me
So i say let your hair down, let yourself be free

Be free
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Written on December 21, 2018

Submitted by tribeone_b on January 04, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abBB aaBB ABBB xxBB ABBB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 893
Words 192
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
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