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I took my darling down, I took my darling down

To that big grey house down the lane

And then the doctor said, he said "It's in her head

She's never going to be right again"

I kissed my love goodbye, she didn't blink an eye

They took her down the hall, she never looked back at all

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Oh behind grey walls, somewhere there's a soul

Behind grey walls, she's out of control

She's crying out for help, no-one can hear

O Lord have pity on her, O Lord have pity on her

My darling walks the floor, my darling walks the floor

She walks every minute that she can

I heard my darling say, I heard my darling say

That she don't know who I am

Cigarette burns down her arm, said she tried to do herself harm

Tied her arms in the back, trussed her up like a sack

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I saw my darling's face, I saw my darling's face

It looked so pale in the distance

She stared out from her room into the dying gloom

And I saw her poor tears glisten

Pills to keep her calm, more punctures than a junkie in her arm

Strapped her on the bed, seventy volts through her head

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