Queenstown    (video)

 

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1. When I think back to that morning in Queenstown,

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    my heart starts to ache,

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    sitting in the shade of the hire car, throwing stones into the lake.

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    We weren’t to know that life would throw

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    a little more than we could take,

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    if I ever get back to Queenstown, I won’t make the same mistake.

 

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    Do you remember that water on our skin,

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    cold as ice and sweet as gin ?

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    Drunk on love and life, we drank the whole thing down.

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    I remember that soft summer air, the golden sunlight in your hair,

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    singing and laughing, driving the coast road down, to Queenstown.

 

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2. Do you remember that evening in Queenstown,

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    walking down by the pier ?

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 Sun going down to the Piano Man and the moon shining down so clear.

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    Drinking wine and feeling fine, oh, and we had no idea,

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    if I ever get back to Queenstown, I’ll have one for you, my dear.

 

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    Do you remember the water that night

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    shimmering under the restaurant lights?

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    Drunk on love and life, we drank the whole thing down.

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    I remember the magic in the air, the silver moonlight in your hair.

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    making love and sleeping safe and sound, in Queenstown.

 

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3.    Life goes fast, now years have past and I’m living on my own,

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    I see you now and again through mutual friends,

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    but I know that bird has flown.

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    Sitting on the couch in this big old house, I’ve never felt so alone,

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    if I ever get back to Queenstown, I might not make it home.

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    If I ever get back to Queenstown, I might not come home.

 

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(orig. = capo 5th)    (Passenger)