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You heard it said, somewhere Along the past, that your great
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When the old couple Died and a new dame
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It happens almost every time: You get happy or you get the job
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Whatever road you took It always seemed to lead
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She dreamt she fought Beside her father in
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Third coffee in she knew
This was going to be the
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Yes, they were good Times, you know that
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And she’s no more A virgin than that
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She would scratch her Fingers down walls and
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She was a junky Not a mental case,
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You kind of guessed Ruby’s Father beat her; her muffled
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Don’t forget to wash Behind your ears, said
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Make a wish and Blow the seeds
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Hey chick, he said, How’s about you
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There is time for doing And a time for undoing;
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There is the going Over of events
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The boys remembered Miss Greggs, not for
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The water won’t really Wash him away, but you
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The baby is never far From your thoughts; each
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The streets were not paved With gold, the city
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I am the dead man’s keeper, His sepulchre of rusting bones.
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His letter lies torn To shreds in the hall.
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Hold fast, Miss Pretty thinks, and sees the blue, Sky blue, sea blue, whatever blue comes,
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She only wanted To be loved. Only
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He will have had The last laugh. Off
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Never forgotten That first love, that first
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Here is, but all dreams love The counting house of loss and gain
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It was certainly a night To remember, possibly
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He comes, Miss Pretty thinks, His steps half hidden by the night,
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Grandfather said The noise
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They forget you’re there. The words from their angry lips
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Each morning After early morning prayers
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They never understood, Not really their scene;
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