I left the east side for a west coast beauty
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A girl who burned my thoughts like kisses
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She was down by street decree
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She swore she'd pull my best years out of me
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Fat painted lips on a live wire beauty
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A tangerine girl with tambourine eyes
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Her face was my favourite magazine
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Her body was my favourite book to read
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They say that all poets must have and unrequited love
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As all lovers must have thought provoking fears
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But holding on to you means letting go on pain
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Means letting go of tears
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Means letting go of rain
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Means letting go of what's not real
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Holding on to you
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I left the rough side for a seaside baby
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A chamomile smile that pouts on cue
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For every moment I breathe her sigh
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Her bosom contains my sweet alibi
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In an emotional mist she breathes in fog
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And breathes it out as garden flowers
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Why me of all the tough talking boys?
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I guess she heard my heartbeat through the noise
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They say that all poets must have an unrequited love
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As all lovers must have thought provoking fears
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But holding on to you means letting go of pain
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Means letting go of tears
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Means letting go of the rain
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Holding on to you
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Means letting sorrows heal
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Means letting go of what's not real
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Holding on to you
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They say that all poets must have an unrequited love
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As all lovers I'm sure must have thought provoking fears
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But holding on to you means letting sorrows heal
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Means letting go of what's not real
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Holding on to you
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I left the east coast for a west coast beauty
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A woman who burned my thoughts like kisses
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She was down by street decree
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She swore she'd pull my best years out of me
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Fat wet lips on a sea salt canvas
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Goodbye Picasso hello Dolly/Dali
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The soil is fertile where her footsteps trod
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She's my new religion she's all I got
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They say that all poets must have an unrequited love
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As all lovers I'm sure must have thought provoking fears
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But holding on to you means letting go of pain
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Means letting go of tears
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Means letting go of rain
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Means letting sorrows heal
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It means letting go
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Holding On To You
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| Terence Trent D'arby |
