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Diamonds of silvery rain in the fountains |
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And ten-cent red roses from department store counters |
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Watching the moonlight reflect off the river |
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Beside where the trains cross the bridge and slow down |
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Trains with white letters and black iron sides |
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And wild rushing water that all rolls away |
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Little Miss Someone does not want to stay |
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Everyone's moving with places to go |
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And Mister Zero, he sadly stands still |
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As the water goes one way, the train goes another |
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Mister Zero stands still and Miss Someone don't bother |
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The present moves out on the sunset's crescendo |
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As seagulls of dawn set their wings to the air |
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And fly without resting on outward bound breezes |
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To die where horizons are melting the dusk |
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The eyes of the summer are closing forever |
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The earth takes a breath to prepare for the fall |
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And Little Miss Someone won't pay for the call |
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The hand of the autumn undresses the trees |
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Mister Zero says please, help me up off my knees |
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Miss Someone is speaking, the world will believe her |
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Mister Zero just nods and hangs up the receiver |
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Yesterday's kiss will be cold by tomorrow |
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As campfires of midnight dissolve in the darkness |
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The room is deserted, the blinds have been drawn |
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Little Miss Someone has packed up and gone |
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Fast moving cars disappear down the highway |
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With signs that say hitchhikers do not disturb |
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Mister Zero looks quietly up from the curb |
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Morning has faded and shadows have grown |
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Little Miss Someone is on her way home |
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Mister Zero stands watching, her plane flies above |
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And with frostbitten hands waves goodbye to his love |
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Walks through the park on a bright summer Sunday |
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And tapestry kittens that hung on the wall |
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They all die in the air like a soft minor chord |
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A vacancy sign, a bulletin board |
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Mister Zero is wrapping his jacket around him |
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Speaking kind words that should have been said long ago |
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But Little Miss Someone does not want to know |
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The night is deserted, there's dust on the shelf |
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Mister Zero sits lonely and talks to himself |
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But it's too late to change, the fine line has been crossed |
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The charades are all done, Mister Zero has lost |