Ezra was an old man
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He lived by the sea.
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Watchin' himself gettin' older,
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With no Family.
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And Cassie was a pretty one,
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A bartender by trade.
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She had a daughter with big green eyes,
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She called her Jade.
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They met each other in the park,
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While Jade was on a swing.
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On a bench underneath a tree,
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They talked about everything.
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And she said, Sometimes I get so scared,
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But I don't know why.
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She reached for the old man's hand,
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and she began to cry.
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And he said,
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it ain't no crime,It ain't no crime...
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Everybody gets a little bit lonely sometimes.
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It ain't no crime, It ain't no crime...
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Everybody gets a little bit lonely sometimes.
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Then he said...
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I was gonna be a painter,
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gonna paint my masterpiece.
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I spent my whole life dreamin',
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now they're my only memories.
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And I was gonna live in Paris, France
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Now my body's fallin' apart.
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I could be Pablo Picasso if dillusion were an art.
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And she said,
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"That sounds lovely...Paris, France
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Just sayin' those words,
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Kinda makes me wanna dance,
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Do you wanna dance?"
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It ain't no crime,It ain't no crime...
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Everybody gets a little bit lonely sometimes.
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It ain't no crime, It ain't no crime...
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Everybody gets a little bit lonely sometimes.
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They'd meet there every Sunday
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In the park at noon.
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Ezra would get there early
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To buy Jade a red balloon.
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And Cassie'd tell him all about
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her awful luck with men.
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She's say, "Wish I could find a guy like you
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But they'll never make you again."
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And Jade would fall asleep on Ezra's lap
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there in the park.
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While Cassie'd still be talkin' a long time after dark.
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Everybody gets a little bit loney sometimes.
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One Sunday afternoon,
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no Ezra, No red balloon.
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Just a friend of his who said,
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"Ezra Passed Away.
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And he wanted me to bring this letter to you today."
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Well it was 2 tickets to Paris and a note that read,
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'Thank you for the dance...
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My dearest Cassie,
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you were my Paris, France.'
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It ain't no crime, It ain't no crime...
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Everybody gets a little bit loney sometimes.
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Paris
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Joshua Kadison |