Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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by the river
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B
where the dogs used to be.
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My life is a tribute to emergency.
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in this bed I've made my self,
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I realize the slowest death of all is loneliness.
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The night brings a chill,
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a mournful hollow wind
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But the screaming inside says,
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B
where have you been?
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My flat is a tribute to an 80's ideal
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But my heart and soul is a monument to you
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I live by the river,
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But build a bridge across two
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shores and love will be redeemed
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I live by the river where
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the dogs used to be
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But build a bridge across two shores
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and love will be redeemed
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I talk to ghosts in blue and green
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As they carry on,
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B
destroying each other
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It's a lesson I learn every day,
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B
can't put right the path
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The light goes out and I'm
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Oh, oh, oh, oh oh,
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oh,
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River keeps on flowing
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Picks up some wishes
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Hopes and dreams,
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I think of things that made us laugh,
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The river flows on just the same like the important things in
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life
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minded of my old life
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Among the lights and the power
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Now smashed in the ends,
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the eighties finally ended
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The day I broke down and
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when I needed you most
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I lost you in the crash
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I live by the river,
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D#m
Build a bridge across two shores
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the darks used to be
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Build a bridge across two shores
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I live by the river where the darks used
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D#m
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to be
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You
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