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 SO ITS XIT THE RAINM AKER, THE OLD REY FLANNEL M AN

WITH A C C LOSET FULL OF BUSINESS SUITS, HE LEFTA L F ETTER NEAR THE

  PHONE,

IT SAID I'M F ON MY WAY TO Dm PARADISE, TO SEE THE Bb ANGEL OF G LYON"

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AND THEN HE CAUGHT THE TRAIN TO BRUSSELS, HE ORDERED COGNAC AND CROISSANTS,

HE MADE A MENTAL LIST OF THINGS HE OWNED BUT DIDN?T WANT,

ALL THE BUILDINGS, ALL THE REAL ESTATE, THE ANTIQUE GLASS AND STONE,

HE?D TRADE A VOW OF POVERTY TO SEE THE ANGEL OF LYON

AND HE S Am ANG Em AVE MARIA, OR AT F LEAST THE PARTS G HE C KNEW

AND Am WATCHED THE SHADOW Em OF THE TRAIN

ON THE F TOWNS THAT THEY ROLLED G THROUGH

AND HE Am CLOSED HIS EYES AND HE Em SAW TWO RIVERS

 THE RHONE AND THE SAONE

Am THE MALE AND FEMALE SPIRIT OF THE Bb CITY OF G LYON

THEN HE WAITED ON THE BRIDGE, WHERE THEY MET THE YEAR BEFORE

BUT THE DAYS TURNED INTO WEEKS AND THEN THE SEASONS NUMBERED FOUR

AND HIS CLOTHES GREW WORN AND RAGGED AS THROUGH THAT TOWN HE ROAMED,

SEARCHING EVERY OPEN WINDOW, FOR THE ANGEL OF LYON

AND HE SANG AVA MARIA, OR AT LEAST THE PARTS HE KNEW,

AND WATCHED HIS SHADOW ON THE WALLS OF THE STREETS THAT HE WALKED THROUGH,

AND HE CROSSED THOSE HOLY RIVERS, THE RHONE AND THE SAONE

THEY'D NOT GIVE UP THE SECRET OF, THE ANGEL OF LYON

NOW THERES A C THOUSAND CANDLES BURNING IN THE F BASILICA C TONIGHT,

WHERE SISTER F EVE MARIA IS THE KEE F PER OF THE G LIGHT

 AND DOWN DREAM OF ALLEYWAYS WALKS SAINT OF RAG AND BONE,

THE F MADMAN TORN Dm ASUNDER, BY THE Bb ANGEL OF G LYON

AND HE SANG AVA MARIA, OR AT LEAST THE PARTS HE KNEW,

AND WATCHED HIS SHADOW ON THE WALL OF THE STREETS THAT HE CRAWLED THROUGH

AND HE CROSSED THOSE HOLY RIVERS, THE RHONE AND THE SAONE,

BUT THEY'D NOT GIVE UP THE SECRET OF THE ANGEL OF LYON