[Verse 1]
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Please no more therapy, Mother Take care of me Piece me together with a needle and thread
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Wrap me in eiderdown, lace from your wedding gown. Fold me and lay me down on your bed.
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Or liken me to a shoe, blackened and spit-shone through. Kicking back home to you, smiling back home.
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Singing back home to you. Laughing back home to you, Dragging back home to you.
[Verse 2]
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I was so wary then, The ugly American, Thinner than oxygen, Tough as a whore
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I said you can lie to me, I own what's inside of me, And nothing surprises me anymore
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But forests in Germany, Kids in the Tuileries, Broken-down fortresses In old Italy
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And claiming his victory, Shrouded in mystery, He went running away with me
[Verse 3]
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Back in our home New York, Walking these streets forlorn, We all in our uniforms, Black and black
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Doing that slouch and jive, The artist must survive, We've got all we need we cried, And we don't look back
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Thinking we had it made, Poised for the hit parade, Knee deep in accolades, The conceptual pair
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But ever the malcontent, He left without incident, Vanished into thin air
[Verse 4]
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Now I am always amazed, Words can fill up a page, Pages fill up the days, Between him and me
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But the vows that we never keep, From bedrooms to business-speak, Make me remember how cheap Words can be
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And the letters I wrote you of, Were those of the desperate stuff, Like begging for love in a suicide threat
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But I am too young to die, Too old for a lullaby, Too tired for life on the ledge
[Verse 5]
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But I had a dream last night, Of lovers who walked the plank, Out on the edge of time Amidst ridicule
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They laughed as they rocked and reeled, Over the mining fields, Coming to rest on this ship of fools
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But he just took Polaroids, Of her smile in the light, Of the dawn of the menacing sky
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And before they went overboard, She turned and held up a card And it said Valentine
[Outro]
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