Tom: E
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You look around to see the faces and the hands
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of all the kids you never give another thought to in your lifetime
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I've seen you dancing and you look like you could use a boy
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who doesn't use his fist, but starts speaking at the right time
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Just think of London where we could be cutting roses
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from the gardens of the people I dream about at nighttime
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I go out dancing please don't leave at this place
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I know you're just like me and I can't think too clear at this time
[Chorus]
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I'll stand outside your window with a violin
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and stay a hundred days until I'm thin and pale. (x2)
[Verse II:]
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You took a beating from the bastards in the hallway
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who were down on you because you tried to do a little research
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'Cause all the families had grown up inside the doctrine
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which built around the history that was built around the new church
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I met a girl who said she's nearly found her husband
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She fantasized about the boys that do it in the school yard
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She went out dancing and she felt a little guilty
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She met a Latin boy, let her pants down with her guard.
[Chorus II:]
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I'll stand outside your window with a violin
E B
and stay a hundred days until I'm thin and pale. (x2)
[Verse III:]
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Be sure to call me when you get in from the station
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don't cry a river on me 'cause this place has got no soul, kid
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Don't let time taste all the racket at the table
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I know you're just Stephen, it's what we've always wanted
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It's kind of comical but somehow so depressing
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I know he really loves you, so naive and full of answers
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I've got a scar for every time I've gotten lonely
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But I never want to know the fragile safety of a dancer
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Be sure to call me when you get in from the station
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We'll go outside and talk about the beauty of the subtext.
[Verse IV:]
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'Cause I was with her when we caught our breath on (street name?)
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We took some local listings we were wondering what to do next
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I felt so lonely but I felt so very free
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Among the grayness and the pallor he colored in a lifetime.
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I got up late and I stared out of open windows
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wishing you were down her venting to me
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drinking while the smoke settles.
[Chorus III:]
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I'll stand outside your window with a violin
E B
and stay a hundred days until I'm thin and pale. (x5)
E A E A
And these are the kinds of ragged things fast boys will never know
E A E A
And these are the kinds of ragged things fast girls will never know.(x2)
[Verse V:]
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So she was standing in the kitchen and she looked like hell
E B
But so did all the rest of us it's been too long.
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So she was standing in the kitchen and she looked like hell
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But so did all the rest of us it's been too long.
