(Elvis Costello and Henry Burnett)
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Well I recall his parting words
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Must I accept his fate?
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Or take myself far from this place
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I thought I heard a black bell toll
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A little bird did sing
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Man has no choice
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When he wants everything
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[Chorus:]
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We'll rise above the scarlet tide
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That trickles down through the mountain
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And separates the widow from the bride
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Man goes beyond his own decision
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Gets caught up in the mechanism
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Of swindlers who act like kings
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And brokers who break everything
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The dark of night was swiftly fading
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Close to the dawn of the day
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Why would I want him
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Just to lose him again
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[Chorus 2x]
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The Scarlet Tide
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Elvis Costello |