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Intro

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so now let me tell you about this girl of mine

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heart like all men’s dreams in the days of 49

I turn hollow no me more swallow this fast only she breaks

but distance keeps her miles or meters what difference does it make

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‘cause here they come again to repossess my dreams

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child don’t play yourself things are never what they seem

a bridge a river a pale moon sliver city shines so bright

but to my despair I wake up where they sleep out every night

Refrain

the girl I love is oh so far away

and I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day

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oh now the bleating sea she laps upon my door

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I’ll round a thousand horns just to drown upon her shore

blood red roses go down moses oh billowing sails

those so weak-willed guts all sea-filled throw them o’er the rails

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boys tighten up the jib and sing a hearty song

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we been driftin’ driftin’ for far too long

I take no care me I’m so bare-breasted on the bow

scabbed and weathered skin of leather who’s the deader now

Refrain

the girl I love is oh so oh so far away

I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day

its so long lady angel I guess I’ll say goodbye

but I do believe I’m aging right before your eyes

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wash up on her coast not a nickel to my name

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sold my sold my sold my gold watch and chain

enough to hire a band of lyres to march me on my way

through hills and valleys sugar ditch alleys up to her hingeless gate

Refrain

the girl I love is oh so oh so far away

I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day

its so long lady angel I guess I’ll say goodbye

but I do believe I’m aging right before your eyes

cock crow in the morning heard it loud and clear

I ask her for to marry she answer with a tear

boy you have my heart and I know you always will

but that ain’t enough to hold me cause love don’t pay the bills

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I turned away in shame for all my days in vain

guess I’ll just drag on no one loves you till you’re gone

let the river be my guide let the desert be my bride

till my heart turns to steel till I no longer feel

Refrain

that the girl I love is oh so oh so far away

I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day

its so long lady angel I guess I’ll say goodbye

but I do believe I’m aging right before your eyes

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