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Several years ago |
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In a foreign town |
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Far away from home |
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I met the Count of Tuscany |
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A young eccentric man |
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Bred from royal blood |
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Took me for a ride |
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Across the open countryside |
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Get into my car |
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Let's go for a drive |
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Along the way |
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I'll be your guide |
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Just step inside |
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Maybe you'll recall |
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A cannibal curator |
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A character inspired by my brother's life |
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Winding through the hills |
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The city far behind |
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On and on we drove |
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Down narrow streets and dusty roads |
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At last we came upon |
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A picturesque estate |
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On sprawling emerald fields |
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An ancient world of times gone by |
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Let me introduce |
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My brother |
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A bearded gentleman |
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Historian |
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Sucking on his pipe |
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Distinguished accent |
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Making me uptight |
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No accident |
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I want to stay alive |
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Everything about this place |
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Just doesn't feel right |
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I |
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I don't want to die |
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Suddenly I'm frightened for my life |
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I want to say goodbye |
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This could be the last time |
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You see me alive |
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I |
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I may not survive |
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Knew it |
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From the moment we arrived |
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Would you like to see |
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Our secret holy place |
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I come here late at night |
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To pray to him by candlelight |
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Then peering through the glass |
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I saw with disbelief |
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Still dressed in royal clothes |
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The saint behind the altar |
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History recalls |
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During times of war |
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Legend has been traced |
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Back inside these castle walls |
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Where soldiers came to hide |
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In barrels filled with wine |
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Never to escape |
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These tombs of oak |
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Are where they died |
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Down the cellar stairs |
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I disappear |
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Like the angel's share |
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The end is near |
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Come and have a taste |
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A rare vintage |
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All the finest wines |
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Improved with age |
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I want to stay alive |
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Everything about this place |
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Just doesn't feel right |
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I |
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I don't want to die |
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Suddenly I'm frightened for my life |
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I want to say goodbye |
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This could be the last time |
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You see me alive |
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I |
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I may not survive |
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Knew it |
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From the moment we arrived. |
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Could this be the end? |
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Is this the way I die? |
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Sitting here alone |
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No one by my side |
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I don't understand |
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I don't feel that I deserve this |
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What did I do wrong? |
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I just don't understand |
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Give me one more chance |
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Let me please explain |
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It's all been circumstance |
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I'll tell you once again |
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You took me for a ride |
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Promising a vast adventure |
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The next that I know |
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I'm frightened for my life |
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Now wait a minute man |
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That's not how it is |
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You must be confused |
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That isn't who I am |
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Please don't be afraid |
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I would never try to hurt you |
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This is how we live |
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Strange although it seems |
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Please try to forgive |
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The chapel and the saint |
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The soldiers and the wine |
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The fables and the tales |
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All handed down through time |
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Of course you're free to go |
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Go and tell the world my story |
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Tell about my brother |
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Tell them about me |
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The Count of Tuscany |
