(L. Cohen & J. Lissauer)
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I came so far for beauty
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I left so much behind
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My patience and my family
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My masterpiece unsigned
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I thought I'd be rewarded
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For such a lonely choice
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And maybe he would answer
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To such a hopeless voice
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I practiced all my sainthood
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I gave to one and all
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But the rumours of my virtue
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They moved him not at all
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I changed my style to silver
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I changed my clothes to black
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And where I would surrender
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Now I would attack
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I stormed the old casino
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For the money and for the flesh
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And I myself decided
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What was rotten, what was fresh
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And men to do my bidding
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And broken bones to teach
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The value of my pardon
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The shadow of my reach
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But no, I could not touch him
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With such a heavy hand
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His star beyond my order
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His nakedness unmanned
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I came so far for beauty
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I left so much behind
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My patience and my family
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My masterpiece unsigned
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Come So Far for Beauty
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| Jennifer Warnes |
