[ti:]The Fact Of Life
[ar:]Black Box Recorder
[al:]The Facts of Life
[by:]
[00:08.27]Do do do, do do do
[00:15.19]Do do do, do do do
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[00:21.37]When boys are just eleven
[00:22.68]They begin to grow in height at a fast rate than they have done before
[00:27.94]They develop curiosity and start to fantasize
[00:31.19]About the things they have never thought of doing before
[00:34.83]These dreams are no more harmful than
[00:36.73]The usual thoughts that boys have of becoming football stars or millionaires
[00:41.67]As long as the distinction between fantasy and fiction remains
[00:45.06]It's just a nature walk
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[00:49.59]It's just the facts of life
[00:51.18]There's no master plan
[00:54.51]Walk me home from school
[00:57.94]I'll let you hold my hand
[01:05.01]You're getting ideas
[01:08.31]And when you sleep at night
[01:11.16]They develop into sweet dreams
[01:15.13]It's just the facts of life
[01:20.38]
[01:20.71]A boy sits by the telephone, wanting to call a girl
[01:23.10]But not daring to because she might say no
[01:26.90]At last he summons up the courage phones
[01:29.10]And discovers someone else has asked her first and she's said yes
[01:33.84]Now's time to deal with the fear of being rejected
[01:36.87]No-one gets through life without being hurt
[01:40.47]At this point the boy who's listening to this song
[01:42.92]Is probably saying it's easier said than done and it's true
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[01:47.41]It's just the facts of life
[01:49.62]There's no master plan
[01:53.31]Walk me home from school
[01:56.53]I'll let you hold my hand
[02:04.31]You're getting ideas
[02:06.89]And when you sleep at night
[02:09.71]They develop into sweet dreams
[02:13.96]It's just the facts of life
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[02:27.29]Do do do, do do do
[02:35.29]Do do do, do do do
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[02:39.36]Small-town dating differs from more urban situations
[02:42.41]In particular if there's few places to go
[02:46.02]Adolescents normally gather in a cafe or an arcade
[02:49.31]If they have to almost anywhere will do
[02:53.08]A family car, a disused coalmine
[02:56.33]A rowing boat or a shed
[03:00.05]Experimentation, familiarization
[03:03.97]It's all a nature walk
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[03:06.84]It's just the facts of life
[03:09.21]There's no master plan
[03:12.74]Walk me home from school
[03:15.91]I'll let you hold my hand
[03:22.93]You're getting ideas
[03:26.25]And when you sleep at night
[03:29.19]They develop into sweet dreams
[03:33.26]It's just the facts of life
[03:37.68]
[03:40.38]It's just the facts of life (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[03:43.96]There's no master plan (Ideas develop into sweet dreams)
[03:47.52]Walk me home from school (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[03:50.63]I'll let you hold my hand (Let you hold my hand)
[03:57.60]You're getting ideas (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[04:00.95]And when you sleep at night (Ideas develop into sweet dreams)
[04:03.77]They develop into sweet dreams (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[04:07.86]It's just the facts of life
[04:12.96]
[04:14.91]It's just the facts of life (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[04:18.40]There's no master plan (Ideas develop into sweet dreams)
[04:21.79]Walk me home from school (Sweet dreams develop into ideas)
[04:25.07]I'll let you hold my hand (Let you hold my hand)