The Night The Chinese Restaurant Burned Down

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[Verse 1]

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Maggie and me, we were finished with school that summer
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Holdin' down part time jobs at the five and dime
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Singin' with a band at the Legion hall on weekends
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Doin' those standards, dreamin' 'bout the big time
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You could hear the girls coming home from the canning factory
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Laughin' and talkin' about their wedding gowns
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And the radio was playing Canadian Sunset
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The night the Chinese restaurant burned down

[Verse 2]

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Heard a sound like a shot about 6 o'clock that evening
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As the first of the bottles and cans began to explode
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The new firetruck pulled up with the siren wailing
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And half-dressed volunteers hooked up the hose
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People said they hadn't seen a crowd like that since the end of World War II
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All the regulars from Rex Hotel came down
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They were standin' around like they had no home to go to
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The night the Chinese restaurant burned down

[Bridge]

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And Maggie and me were sittin' on the steps of the cenotaph together
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We looked at each other as if we'd been given a sign

[Verse 3]

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Oh, the crowd was breakin' up as the steam was risin'
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From the dying embers in the heart of a dying town
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And Maggie and me caught the last Grey Hound at midnight
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The night the Chinese restaurant burned down

[Ending]

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It was long ago, so far away, it seems like yesterday
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Like any summer night in any little town
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And the radio was playing Canadian Sunset
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The night the Chinese restaurant burned down
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The night the Chinese restaurant burned down

[Outro]

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