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Christy Moore
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I was 18 when I came to town
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They called it the summer of love
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Burning babies, burning flags
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The hawks against the doves
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I took a job at the steaming way
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Down on Caltrim St
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Fell in love with a laundry girl
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That was workin' next to me
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Brown hair zig zagged across her face
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And a look of half surprise
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Like a fox caught in the headlights
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There was animal in her eyes
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She said to me
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"Can't you see I'm not the factory kind?
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If you don't take me out of here
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I'll surely lose my mind"
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She was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
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So fine, a breath of wind might blow her away
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She was a lost child, she was runnin' wild
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(She said)
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"So long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
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You wouldn't want me any other way"
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We busked around the market towns
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Fruit pickin' down in Kent
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We could tinker pots and pans
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Or knives, wherever we went
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We were campin' down the Gower one time
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The work was mighty good
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She wouldn't wait for the harvest
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I thought we should
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I said to her we'll settle down
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Get a few acres dug
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A fire burning in the hearth
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And babies on the rug
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She said, "Oh man, you foolish man
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That surely sounds like hell
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You might be lord of half the world
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You'll not own me as well"
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She was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
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So fine, a breath of wind might blow her away
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She was a lost child, she was runnin' wild
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(She said)
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"So long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
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You wouldn't want me any other way"
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We were drinking more in those days
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Our tempers reached a pitch
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Like a fool I let her run away
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When she took the rambling itch
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Last I heard she was living rough
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Back on the Derby beat
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A bottle of White Horse in her pocket
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A Wolfhound at her feet
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They say that she got married once
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To a man called Romany Brown
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Even a gypsy caravan
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Was too much like settlin' down
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They say her rose has faded
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Rough weather and hard booze
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Maybe that's the price you pay
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For the chains that you refuse
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She was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
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I miss her more than ever, words can say
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If I could just taste all of her wildness now
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If I could hold her in my arms today
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I wouldn't want her any other way
The Whistlin' Donkeys // Beeswing // Mac...
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