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I was born in poverty but when I was about nineteen
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I wrote a song called 'Kiss Me', and soon it was pay day
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A terraced house in the country, I thought that would do for me
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It seemed to be the lilac time, but when the lilac died
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I went back to town and cried, I need someone who'll always love me

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The day after someone dies, you wake a little less alive
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Why do the wicked seem to survive, Eucharist in song
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We're a little more alone, moments that they'd never know
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They'll never see my happy home, you see them every day
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I know you want to say you won't forget, we'll always love you

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When you're young and you fall down you're trying
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When you're old and you fall down you're dead
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I am in between there and never been
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Anywhere or sincere with anyone that I held dear

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Checking in around twilight, the hotel readies for the night
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I run a bath and pack some books, which we will embrace
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Told me that your father died, when you buried him you cried
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You're sorry and you are surprised, he died and you were born
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So you don't have to mourn, live your life, I'll always love you
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Love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you