Lying in the dark
In my room at the convent
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And I dance to forget
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The tears that quietly fall
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I grew up deep in a city
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Of dust and stars
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My mother told us the story
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In her room under the stairs
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In the sadness of a life
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In my room I slip away
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In the café downstairs, she gets drunk
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That loves us, that finishes us
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I see her bow
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I remember that house
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To the radio then you'd fall asleep
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In the hollow of my arms
Despite everything, despite that
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Like a bird that flies off
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In the sadness of a life
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In my room I slip away
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In the café downstairs she gets drunk
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And collapses in silence
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That loves us, that finishes us
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In her salt dress I see her
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Bowing, dragging herself
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In your arms and tell me
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Forever and ever with you