Intro:
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My wife stood by the harbor
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Her hands set in a wave
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Like no more evening and day
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Now I see the beauty I failed to see when she was me
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Life undress me of her, step by step, like a silk dress, she fell
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to my feet. She brought me flowers
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Said she liked my work
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I thought she couldn't do us any harm
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He never liked that kind of charm
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But how could he resist when her dress let in
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the autumn sun?
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I used to watch the sparrows
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Perched on electric wires
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Like notes of a song waiting to be sung, for you, I wrote them
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down Ouuuuu Ouuuuuuu Ouuuu
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He laughed at life that kept me sane in a world of dark dark
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games. She brought me flowers
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Said she liked my work
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I thought she couldn't do us any harm
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He never liked that kind of charm
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But how could he resist when her dress let in
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the autumn sun?
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Ouuu She watered the garden and played with the kids
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For her birthday, let her try on his wedding ring
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She brought me flowers
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Said she liked my work
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I thought she couldn't do us any harm
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He never liked that kind of charm
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But how could he resist when her dress let in
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the autumn sun?