We almost got it together
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And I'll be your favourite thing
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Stand by the river with hard-luck eyes
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And I'll just be open and sing
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I was only trying to surprise
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I wish I was like the frog-princess
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And I'd never tell you lies
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And down by the soil of the hard-life
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They like to greet us with smiles
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They like to tell us their good hostess
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Had travelled a million miles
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But you'd like it written closer
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Yes, you'd like it written pure
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If I told you this -
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Would you miss my kiss?
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No - you'd come right back for more
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Oh, I'd like to be
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What I want to be
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But you want to carry on
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But you need to take
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What you have to take
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But I'll still be here when you're gone
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And there's a light by your window
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And I'd like to capture you by there
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And I'd like to hold you for all to see
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But they don't really care
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And if I said you're no peccadillo
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Yes, I said you're a major thing
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Would you stand by me?
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At the corner dock
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And say, "yes, this girl is the swing!"
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Oh, I'd like to be
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What I want to be
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But you want to carry on
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But you need to take
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What you have to take
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But I'll still be here when you're gone
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And I'd like another cue
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That's why I strain to see
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And I'd like the best in you
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'Cos you write the best in me
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They were sure that I'd be burning
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Yes -
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So their tart swerve to here might be
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But if I said "you're gold, inside",
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Yes and if you were true to me
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Would you hang around with that creepy smile
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And crawl home back to me
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Oh, I'd like to be
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What I want to be
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But you want to carry on
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But you need to take
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What you have to take
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But I'll still be here when you're gone
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We Almost Got It Together
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Tanita Tikaram |