Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

The man in 119 takes his tea alone.

Mornings we all rise to wireless Verdi cries.

I'm hearing opera through the door.

(same as 1st verse)

The souls of men and women, impassioned all.

Their voices climb and fall;

battle trumpets call.

I fill the bath and climb inside,

singing la, la la la la la la

la la la la la la

He will not touch their pastry

but every day they bring hiM more.

Gold from the breakfast tray, I steal

them all away and then go

and eat them on the shore.

LA LA LA LA LA LA

LA LA LA LA LA LA

LA LA LA LA LA LA

I draw a jackel-headed woman in the sand,

sing of a loveRS fate

sealed by jealous hate

then wash my hand in the sea.

With jusT three days more

I'd have just about learned the entire

scire to Aida.

Holidays must end as you know.

All is memory taken home with me:

the opera, the stolen tea, the sand

drawing, the verging sea, all

years ago.

LA LA LA LA LA LA

END ON D.

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