Intro:
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So you think you're having good times ...with a boy that you just met,
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Kicking sand from beach to beach, your clothes all soaking wet,
(Paper sun------!)
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But, if you look around, and see your shadow on the run,
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Don't be too up - set, because ...it's just a paper sun!
(On the run------!)
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Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
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In the room where you've been sleeping, all your clothes are thrown a - bout,
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Cigarettes burn window sills, your meters all run out,
(Paper sun------!)
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But, there again, its nothing, you just split when day is done,
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Hitching lifts to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun!
(Day is done----!)
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Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
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Standing in the cool of my room, | / / / / |
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Fresh cut flowers give me sweet per - fume,
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Too much sun will burn, too much sun will burn!
(Too much sun will burn!) (Too much sun will burn!)
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When you're feeling tired and lonely, you see people going home,
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You can't make that train fare, or a sixpence for the phone,
(Paper sun----!)
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And icicles you're crying...from your cheek, have just be - gun,
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Don't be sad, good times are had ...be - neath the paper sun!
(Just be - gun----!)
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Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
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(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
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Daylight breaks, but you sleep on the sand,
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh!)
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A seagull is stealing the ring from ...your hand,
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh!)
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The boy who had given you so much fun,
(Oh, oh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
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Has left you so cold ...in the paper sun!
(Oh, oh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
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In the ...paper sun, in the paper sun-----,
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In the paper sun---, in the paper sun-----! (That's the one!)