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Sweet surrender on the quay side
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You remember we used to run and hide
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In the shadows of cargoes, I take you on time,
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Counting all the numbers
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Down to the waterline
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Near misses on the dogleap stairways
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French kisses in the darkened doorways
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Foghorn blowing out wild and cold
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A policeman shines a light upon my shoulder
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Up comes a coaster, fast and silent through the night
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Over my shoulder, all you can see are pilot lights
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No money in our jackets and jeans are torn
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Your hands are cold but your lips are warm
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she can see you in the jetty where you used to go
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she can see you in the places where the sailors go
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when she's walking down the river on the railway line
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she can still hear you whisper
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Lets go down to the water line
come on.
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