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I came across a cache of old photos |
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And invitations to teenage parties |
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'Dress in white' one said, with quotations |
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From someone's wife, a famous writer |
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In my nineteen-twenties |
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When you're young you find inspiration |
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In anyone who's ever gone |
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And opened up a closing door |
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She said: 'We were never feeling bored |
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'Cause we were never being boring |
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We had too much time to find for ourselves |
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And we were never being boring |
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We dressed up and fought, then thought: 'Make amends' |
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And we were never holding back or worried that |
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Time would come to an end |
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When I went I left from the station |
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With a haversack and some trepidation |
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Someone said: 'If you're not careful |
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You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for' |
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In my nineteen-seventies |
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But I sat back and looking forward |
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My shoes were high and I had scored |
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I'd bolted through a closing door |
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I would never find myself feeling bored |
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'Cause we were never being boring |
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We had too much time to find for ourselves |
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And we were never being boring |
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We dressed up and fought, then thought: 'Make amends' |
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And we were never holding back or worried that |
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Time would come to an end |
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We were always hoping that, looking back |
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You could always rely on a friend |
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Now I sit with different faces |
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In rented rooms and foreign places |
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All the people I was kissing |
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Some are here and some are missing |
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In my nineteen-nineties |
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I never dreamt that I would get to be |
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The creature that I always meant to be |
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But I thought in spite of dreams |
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You'd be sitting somewhere here with me |
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'Cause we were never being boring |
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We had too much time to find for ourselves |
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And we were never being boring |
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We dressed up and fought, then thought: 'Make amends' |
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And we were never holding back or worried that |
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Time would come to an end |
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We were always hoping that, looking back |
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You could always rely on a friend |
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And we were never being boring |
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We had too much time to find for ourselves |
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And we were never being boring |
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We dressed up and fought, then thought: 'Make amends' |
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And we were never being boring |
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We were never being bored |
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'Cause we were never being boring |
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We were never being bored |