Chalk It Up

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Chalk it up to high expectations 
Chalk it up short sightedness of greed 
Chalk it up to anything you want 
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You know that chalk's still going to bleed 
  
Chalk it up to providence 
Chalk it up to whoever's in the White House now 
Chalk it up our ancestors 
Chalk it up to what the law now allows  
  
Chalk it up to too much repetition 
Chalk it up to rarely saying a word 
Chalk it up to the educational system 
Chalk it up to the absurd 
 
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Chalk it up (Chalk it up)   To experience 
Chalk it up (Chalk it up)   To foolishness 
Chalk it up (Chalk it up)   Yea chalk it up my friend 
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To a world without end 
  
Chalk it up to a belief in the Holy One 
Chalk it up to a belief in energy or matter plus time plus chance 
Chalk it up to our infinite wisdom 
Chalk it up to our arrogance 
  
Chalk it up to our selfish ambition 
Chalk it up to giving it all away 
Chalk it up to prudence 
Or whatever her name is today  
  
//: Chalk it up (Chalk it up) 
To experience 
Chalk it up (Chalk it up) 
To foolishness 
Chalk it up (Chalk it up) 
Yea chalk it up my friend 
To a world without end :// (2X) 
  
To a world without end 
Chalk it up my friend