How I love you, how I long for you
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If you're not here, I'm not happy
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Rain, like tears from green pine if you're not by my side
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Kisses, the kisses your mouth gave me, I devour them every day
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I look for you in the Ginkgo Biloba in my vitamins
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I've looked for you even in the soup that I left in the kitchen
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Look, I have seen Plácido Domingo sing in Rigoletto
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Beethoven’s Fidelio and the nine symphonies
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The Brandenburg Concertos and a Moscow choir
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But nothing compares to your pretty face
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I long for you if you're not here, I don't know how to live
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And how I love you, how I
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I long for you if you're not here, I'm not happy
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Look, I've seen Monet's Agapanthus at the MoMA
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I've seen exhibits of works by Van Gogh and Picasso
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Cézanne's Foliage and the Mona Lisa
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But nothing compares to your pretty face
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How I love you, how I
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I long for you if you're not here, I don't know how to live
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And how I love you, how I
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I long for you if you're not here, I'm not happy
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I'm not happy if you're not here
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And so much that I've seen in this life
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Nothing compares to your laughter
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You live in the oil painting of my days
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And even in the sudoku of my symphony
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I long for you if you're not here, I don't know how to live
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And how I love you, how I
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I long for you if you're not here, I'm not happy
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And I'm not happy if you're not here