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(Guitar music starts)

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I've been looking

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Several days now

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Where did they go?

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Where did they go?

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My mama told me long ago

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I've lost so many precious things, I know

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They won't be back

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Where did they go?

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My mama told me long ago

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Ain't nobody's ever gonna tell me
to abandon my old friend

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Happy days walking on the shore

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Happy days walking on the shore

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Happy days walking on the shore

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Ain't nobody's ever gonna tell me
to abandon my good memories at all

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I've seen so many pretty things

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They don't mean a thing now

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Listen to the song

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My mama told me long ago

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Ain't nobody's ever gonna tell me
to [unclear] my good old days

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Happy days walking on the shore

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Happy days walking on the shore

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Happy days walking on the shore

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Ain't nobody's ever gonna tell me
to abandon my good memories at all

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Abandon my good memories at all

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Abandon my good memories at all

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(Music ends)

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(Applause)

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Thank you.

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(Applause)

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Thank you for giving me the opportunity
to perform tonight at TEDNewYork.

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I've been a dedicated TED fan and viewer,

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and also I actually used to live
in Manhattan when I was younger,

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so New York is like a second home to me
and it's great to be back.

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The song I just performed
was called "my mama"

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and the next song I'm going to perform

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is another original song of mine
called "BLACK BANANA."

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This song I wrote about the importance
of being patient with your dreams.

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Because I think commitment
will always be rewarded.

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Just like fruit ripens
when the time is right.

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So it's my interpretation
of building the future.

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(Guitar music starts)

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Clap your hands.

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One!

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Two!

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One, two, one, two, three, four

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Sitting here, killing time,
I've been doing it all day

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I've been always smart
when it comes to gettin' away

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Got a soda pop fizzin' hard
in my empty brain

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When the time is right I'll move
alright so don't get too uptight

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Silly girls in bathing suits
cleaning cars on Sundays

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They're living a lie
don't make as fool of yourself too soon

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Lining my bananas
on the window sill to ripen

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When the time is right I'll move
alright so don't get too uptight

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Bananananana

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Bananananana

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Bananananana

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Black Banana Black Banana

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Banananananana

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Remember last December
when we went to get some pizza

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Was a brat, was running fast
to get home by my curfew

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Silly me, tripping quick,
I was almost killed by a honker

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When the time is right I'll move
alright so don't get too uptight

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Bananananana

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Bananananana

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Bananananana

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Black Banana Black Banana

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Banananananana

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Bananananana don't push me baby

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Bananananana All I want is leeway

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Bananananana You gotta be patient
for the fruit to ripen

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Black Banana Black Banana

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Banananana

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Bananananana

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Bananananana

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Bananananana

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Black Banana Black Banana

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Bananananana

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Bananananana

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Banananananana

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(Music ends)

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Thank you.

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(Applause)

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(Guitar music)

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(Music ends)

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(Applause)