Ninth Avenue Reverie

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[Verse 1]
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You say you want to be buried 'neath a mango tree
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Where every northern summer you come back to life
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You say you want your ashes mixed up with your lover’s salt
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Where every Sunday night he’ll eat a little more of you

[Verse 2]
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You say you can’t stop crying, it’s just the power of the song
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Riding on the midnight bus again
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And you say that you loved him but you were just too young
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You say that’s why you still wait in the rain

[Bridge]
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You say a lot of things

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[Verse 3]
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And you say that your daddy was a painter of sorts
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But I never saw him paint a thing
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He just kept the tins underneath his bed
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And sniffed a different colour every night
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And dreamed of a place up in the sky
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Where everyone’s a painter till they die

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[Verse 4]
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You say you don’t like flying on aeroplanes
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That even seabirds must get lonely out there
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You said you were quitting after your next pack
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And you said once that I was beautiful
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But for all the pretty ladies in Beijing
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I couldn’t stop my drinking

[Chorus]
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And you say a lot of
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You say a lot of
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You say a lot of - - things

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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You say you can’t stop dreaming about your funeral day
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Where all your long-time friends will be crying for you
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And I’d be up the back with a rose in my hand
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And I’d give to you in death what I could not in life