The best years of our lives (1975)
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1. European maids, so hard to igno......re,
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you,
me, and the boys, barred from the sho......re.
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Fresh-faced imbeciles,
laughing at me,
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I've been laughing myself, is
that so hard to see ?
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Do I have to spell each letter
out, honestly ?
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If there's no room for
laughter, there's no room for me, for m..........e.
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2. Try looking at you, rather than m........e,
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no
truth is in here, it's all fantas......y.
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Since the last time we met
I've been through
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C
about
seven hundred changes and that's just a few.
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And the changes all tend to be
something to do
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but
you've got to believe that they're all done for you, for y........ou !
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O.....h, you'll think it's tragic when that moment first arrives,
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Dm C
oh, but
it's magic, it's the best years of our lives.
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3. Lost now for the words to tell you the tru.....th,
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please,
banter with me the banter of you.....th.
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If I knew how to say it, I'd
say it for you,
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if I
knew how to whisper, I'd whisper, for you,
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if I
knew how to waltz, I'd get up and dance for you
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if I
thought I could run, I'd come running to you, to y.........ou.
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4. I've discovered now how to be fai......r,
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this
I could teach you if only I da.....re.
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The only conclusion I've
reached in my life
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is
that if I should die, I should die-by the knife,
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since
it's only a matter of courage all right,
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die a
man or a martyr, the two would be nice, so ni........ce !
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O.....h, you'll think it's tragic when that moment first arrives,
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o.....h, oh, but it's magic,
it's the best years of our lives.
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(Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)