Intro
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Verse 1
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I am your noble savage, but to me I am a man. 
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The father of my sons, the servant of my woman. 
 
Verse 2
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And I have made my bow, I take only what I need. 
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I am the maker of fire, and the planter of seed. 
 
Verse 3
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And I have learned an order in things, and I teach my children. 
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For each seed a star, for each son a generation. 
 
Verse 4
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I have no time for freedom, barefoot I run in forest leaves. 
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There is pain in birth, but for the dead I do not grieve. 
 
Verse 5
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I have cut marks on my body, there is beauty in pain. 
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And a sadness in joy, like death and the sunset. 
 
Verse 6
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I am the willing heathen, I worship everything. 
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I will add new words to my language and write them on the wind. 
 
Verse 7
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I am the maker of music, and the reader of the heavens. 
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I am the worker of magic, and the fearer of storms. 
 
Verse 8
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I am the writer in sand. I am the first and last man. 
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And if I could read the future, I would ask you not to come. 
 
Outro
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