Summertime withers as the sun descends
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He wants to kiss you. Will you condescend?
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Before you wake and find a chill within your bones
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Under a fine canopy of lover's dust and humourous bones
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Banish all dismay
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Extinguish every sorrow
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Eternity stinks, my darling. That's no joke
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Don't waste your precious time pretending you're
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heartbroken
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There will be tears and candles
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Pretty words to say
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Spare me lily-white lillies
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With the awful perfume of decay
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Banish all dismay
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Extinguish every sorrow
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If I'm lost or I'm forgiven
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The birds will still be singing
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It's so hard to tear myself away
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Even when you know it's over
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It's too much to say.
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Banish all dismay
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Extinguish every sorrow
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If I'm lost or I'm forgiven
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The birds will still be singing
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The Birds Will Still Be Singing
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| Elvis Costello |
