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1. Did I see you down in a young girl's town,

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    with your mother in so much pain?

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    I was almost there at the top of the stairs,

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    with her screamin' in the rain.

 

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Did she wake you up to tell you that

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it was only a change of plan?

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Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup,

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with the promise of a man.

 

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2. Did I see you walking with the boys,

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    though it was not hand in hand?

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    And was some black face in a lonely place,

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    when you could understand?  + CHORUS

 

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3. Will I see you give more than I can take?

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    Will I only harvest some?

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    As the days fly past will we lose our grasp

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    or fuse it in the sun?  + CHORUS

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)