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[ti:The Changing Lights] |
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[ar:Stacey Kent] |
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[al:The Changing Lights] |
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Were we leaving Rio |
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Or were we in New York? |
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I remember bossa nova on the breeze |
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We were in the back seat |
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Of a cab we couldn't afford |
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You were holding my old rucksack on your knees |
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You leaned towards your window |
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To see the traffic up ahead |
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"These commuters here," you said |
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"Could be the walking dead." |
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And we vowed to guard our dreams |
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From all the storms that lay ahead |
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From the winds of fear and age and compromise |
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And we laughed about the hopelessness |
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Of so many peoples lives |
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As we slowly moved towards the changing lights. |
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It was near Les Invalides |
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Or perhaps Trafalgar Square |
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It was late at night the city was asleep. |
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You were clowning in the back seat |
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With some friends we'd found somewhere |
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The kind, back then, we always seemed to meet. |
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There were those in this great world you said |
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Just fated to go far |
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And among the lucky ones |
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Were we inside that car. |
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And your friends began to sing |
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When You Wish Upon A Star |
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And you clapped along like you didn't have a care |
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But once I turned to glance at you |
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As we drove across the square |
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And your face looked haunted in the changing lights. |
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Was it last September? |
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It was autumn more or less |
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You were waiting to cross some busy boulevard |
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Talking on your phone |
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To your family I guess |
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Your briefcase tucked up high beneath your arm |
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As I approached you turned around |
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A question in your eye |
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As though I might ignore you |
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And just simply walk on by |
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But we smiled and talked a while |
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About each others lives |
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And once or twice I caught a wistful note |
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Then you moved towards the crossing |
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As the cars slowed to a halt |
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And we waved and parted beneath the changing lights. |
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And we waved and parted beneath the changing lights. |