It’s time to pay the fiddler
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1. Well, it's time to pay the fiddler,
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and
it's sad to know we've danced it all away,
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but
the warm night's disappearing,
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leaving
nothing but the cold hard light of day.
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2. And it's time to start erasing,
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all
the rainbows we've been chasing in our minds,
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we
know there's no way of making
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other
ties on us unravel and unwind.
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Yes, it's time to pay the fiddler,
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and today's the day the first
instalment's due,
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for the rest of all my days I'll
wonder why
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the maker mismatched me and you.
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But there's so much to consider like my wife and little children
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will need and want my love just
like you do,
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now it's time to pay the fiddler,
but before we pay the fiddler,
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let's ask him to, please, play one
last final tune.
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3. Well, it's time to pay the fiddler,
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and
there's naked sorrow dripping from your eyes,
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unrestrained
and unashamed we love each other,
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now
we've got to leave it lie.
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4. But I can feel my hands trembling
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as I
search to find the handle on the door,
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so
let's let the fiddler pull his magic bow
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across
our heart strings just once more.
+ CHORUS + instrumental = CHORUS ….
(Cal Smith)