There was a pool table there at the wedding
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That most of the men stood and played
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Whilst the women danced in their melancholy
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Till the last record started to fade
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And as D.J. turned the lights up
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And packed his records away
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He noticed a lonely figure still there
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So quietly turned to say
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Tears you thought lasted a lifetime
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Won’t last too much more than a day
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And you’ll prove that you still have your strength left
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When you wipe those tears well away, well away
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Roses in garden bring joy to the bleak
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Lilies save wretched from worse
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Music lifts up those too weary to speak
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So, sister you sing the next verse
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The path in life that you have taken
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I can figure out just from your frown
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Either it’s down the up escalator
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Or maybe sometimes up the down
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And you may not feel that you have travelled
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But sure as hell been across town
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And certainly if story unravelled
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You’ve lost more than you ever found
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One thing’s for certain I’ve travelled
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And a not too dissimilar route
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Those ups and downs and rounds after rounds
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You’re wearing them just like a suit, like a suit
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So if roses bring joy to the bleak
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Lilies save wretched from worse
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Music lifts up those too weary to speak
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Then D.J. I’ll take the next verse
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So sister judge strength not by muscle
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Or weight that your body can lift
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But by heavyweight heart that you carry
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That no other young woman could shift
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Hey Mr D.J. a special request
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Play that last record for me
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And make it as long and as painfully sad
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As any slow ballad could be
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The Next Verse
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| The Beautiful South |
