Pale blue
eyes
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1. Sometimes I feel so happy, sometimes I feel so sad,
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sometimes
I feel so happy, but mostly you just make me mad,
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baby,
you just make me mad.
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Linger on, you pale blues eyes,
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linger on, you pale blues eyes.
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2. Thought of you as my mountain top,
thought of you as my peak,
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thought
of you as everything, I’ve had but
couldn’t keep,
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I’ve had but couldn’t keep.
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Linger on, you pale blues eyes,
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linger on, you pale blues eyes.
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3. If I could make the world
as pure and strange as what I see,
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I’d put you in the mirror, I
put in front of me,
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I put in front of me.
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Linger on, you pale blues eyes,
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linger on, you pale blues eyes.
+ instrumental = verse 3 & CHORUS
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4. Skipped the life
completely, stuffed it in a cup,
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she
said money is like us in time, it lies, but can’t stand up,
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down
for you is up.
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Linger on, you pale blues eyes,
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linger on, you pale blues eyes.
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5. It was good what we did
yesterday, and I’d do it once again,
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the
fact that you are married only proves you’re my best friend,
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but
it’s true, true in a sense.
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Linger on, you pale blues eyes,
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linger on, you pale blues eyes.
(orig. = capo 5th) (The Velvet Underground)