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Shammy [chamois] cleaning all the windows, |
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Singing songs about Edith Piaf's soul. |
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And I hear blue strains of 'no regredior' |
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Across the street from Cathedral Notre Dame. |
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Meanwhile back in San Francisco |
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We're trying hard to make this whole thing blend, |
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As we sit upon this jagged |
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Storey block, with you my friend. |
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And it's a long way to Buffalo. |
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It's a long way to Belfast city too. |
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And I'm hoping the choice won't blow the hoist |
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'cos this town, they bit off more than they can chew. |
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As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on |
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As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on |
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Saint Dominic's Preview |
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Saint Dominic's Preview |
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Saint Dominic's Preview |
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All the orange boxes are scattered. |
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We get to Safeway's supermarket in the rain. |
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And everybody feels so determined |
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Not to feel anyone else's pain. |
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(You know that) No one's making no commitments |
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To anybody but themselves, |
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Hidin' behind closed doorways, |
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Tryin' to get outside, outside of empty shells |
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And for every cross-cuttin' country corner, |
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For every Hank Williams railroad train that cried, |
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And all the chains, badges, flags and emblems |
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And every strain on every brain and every eye (?) |
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As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on |
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As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on |
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Saint Dominic's Preview |
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Saint Dominic's Preview |
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Saint Dominic's Preview. |
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And the restaurant tables are completely covered. |
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The record company has paid out for the wine. |
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You got everything in the world you ever wanted |
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Right about now your face should wear a smile. |
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That's the way it all should happen |
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When you're in, when you're in the state you're in; |
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You've got your pen and notebook ready, |
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I think it's about time, time for us to begin. |
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And we're over in a 52nd Street apartment, |
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Socializing with the whino few, |
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Just to be hip and get wet with the jet set. |
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But they're flying too high to see my point of view. |
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As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on |
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As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on |
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Saint Dominic's Preview |
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Saint Dominic's Preview |
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Saint Dominic's Preview. |
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See them freedom marching, |
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Out on the street, freedom marching. |
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Saint Dominic's Preview. |
