I can hear the soft breathing
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Of the girl that I love,
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As she lies here beside me
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Asleep with the night,
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And her hair, in a fine mist
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Floats on my pillow,
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Reflecting the glow
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Of the winter moonlight.
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She is soft, she is warm,
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But my heart remains heavy,
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And I watch as her breasts
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Gently rise, gently fall,
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For I know with the first light of dawn
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I'll be leaving,
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And tonight will be
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All I have left to recall.
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Oh, what have I done,
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Why have I done it,
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I've committed a crime,
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I've broken the law.
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For twenty-five dollars
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And pieces of silver,
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I held up and robbed
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A hard liquor store.
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My life seems unreal,
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My crime an illusion,
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A scene badly written
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In which I must play.
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Yet I know as I gaze
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At my young love beside me,
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The morning is just a few hours away.
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Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
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Simon and Garfunkel |