[Verse 1]
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  Please no more therapy, Mother Take care of me  Piece
 me together with a needle and thread

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  Wrap me in eiderdown,   lace from your wedding gown. 
Fold me and lay me down  on your bed.

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Or liken me to a shoe,  blackened and spit-shone 
through. Kicking back home to you, smiling back home.

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  Singing back home to you.  Laughing back home to you,
  Dragging back home    to you.

[Verse 2]
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I was so wary then, The ugly American, Thinner than 
          D/B        Em
oxygen, Tough as a whore
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I said you can lie to me, I own what's inside of me, 
    D                    D/B      Em
And nothing surprises me anymore
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But forests in Germany, Kids in the Tuileries, 
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Broken-down fortresses In old Italy
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And claiming his victory, Shrouded in mystery, He went 
                    Em
running away with me

[Verse 3]
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Back in our home New York, Walking these streets 
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forlorn, We all in our uniforms, Black and black
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Doing that slouch and jive, The artist must survive, 
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We've got all we need we cried, And we don't look back
Em

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Thinking we had it made, Poised for the hit parade, 
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Knee deep in accolades, The conceptual pair
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But ever the malcontent, He left without incident, 
Em                          Em
Vanished into thin air

[Verse 4]
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Now I am always amazed, Words can fill up a page, 
                        D/B          Em
Pages fill up the days, Between him and me
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But the vows that we never keep, From bedrooms to 
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business-speak, Make me remember how cheap Words can be
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And the letters I wrote you of, Were those of the 
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desperate stuff, Like begging for love in a suicide 
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threat
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But I am too young to die, Too old for a lullaby, Too 
Em                    Em
tired for life on the ledge

[Verse 5]
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But I had a dream last night, Of lovers who walked 
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the plank, Out on the edge of time Amidst ridicule
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They laughed as they rocked and reeled, Over the mining
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 fields, Coming to rest on this ship of fools
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But he just took Polaroids, Of her smile in the light, 
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Of the dawn of the menacing sky
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And before they went overboard, She turned and held up 
       Em          Em
a card And it said Valentine

[Outro]
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