I laid on a dune I looked at the sky
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When the children were babies and played on the beach
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You came up behind me, I saw you go by
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You were always so close and still within reach.
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Sara, Sara
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Whatever made you want to change your mind
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Sara, Sara
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So easy to look at, so hard to define.
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I can still see them playing with their pails in the sand
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They run to the water their buckets to fill
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I can still see the shells falling out of their hands
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As they follow each other back up the hill.
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Sara, Sara
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Sweet virgin angel, sweet love of my life
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Sara, Sara
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Radiant jewel, mystical wife.
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Sleeping in the woods by a fire in the night
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Drinking white rum in a Portugal bar
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Them playing leapfrog and hearing about Snow White
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You in the marketplace in Savanna-la-Mar.
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Sara, Sara
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It's all so clear, I could never forget
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Sara, Sara
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Loving you is the one thing I'll never regret.
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I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells
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I'd taken the cure and had just gotten through
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Staying up for day in the Chelsea Hotel
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Writing "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" for you.
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Sara, Sara
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Wherever we travel we're never apart
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Sara, Sara
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Beautiful lady, so dear to my heart.
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How did I meet you ? I don't know
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A messenger sent me in a tropical storm
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You were there in the winter, moonlight on the snow
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And on Lily Pond Lane when the weather was warm.
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Sara, Sara
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Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress
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Sara, Sara
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You must forgive me my unworthiness.
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Now the beach is deserted except for some kelp
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And a piece of an old ship that lies on the shore
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You always responded when I needed your help
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You gimme a map and a key to your door.
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Sara, Sara
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Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow
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Sara, Sara
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Don't ever leave me, don't ever go.
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Sara
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Bob Dylan |