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I remember when you were only 17 |
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You were the finest girl that my eyes had ever seen |
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I guess you found it hard to simply just ignore |
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This scruffy beat up working class teenage troubadour |
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So we fell in love and I tuned your heart |
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With my out of tune guitar |
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You were wonderful, you were mystical |
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And the envy of all of my friends |
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Seems like only yesterday |
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Under the stars on brighton beach |
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Oh what a time it was |
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What a time to be alive |
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Remember Janice and Jimmy |
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Kennedy and King |
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How they cried |
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I sang to you the songs of Lamb and Jack |
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You were Greta Garbo and I was Kerouac |
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And we played so hard and we loved so hard |
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Seemed we never ever slept |
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There were crazy days, there were wonderful days |
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And I loved you with all of my heart |
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Seems like only yesterday |
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Under the stars on brighton beach |
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Your daddy had plans that did not include me |
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And he won't stay away from your door |
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And I dreamed how I dreamed I could steal you away |
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To some far distant shore |
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Then early one morning |
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I awoke to find you gone |
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You wrote 'I love you baby |
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But it's time for me to move on' |
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And so my teenage heart laid scattered on the floor |
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I swear to God I could not have loved you anymore |
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And as I sit here the night ,playing with my kids |
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Wondering where you are in this world |
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Did you find your man, are you happy now? |
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Do you ever stop and think about me |
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How I long for yesterday |
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Under the stars on brighton beach |
