In China, Said The Moon chords by Stephin Merritt

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Intro 1
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In
Verse 1
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China, said the moon,
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Who brings me nightly news,
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I chance to gaze upon a girl with tiny shoes,
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with pain in her soul.
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She stirs her fishbowl.
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Her four fish, far from free,
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are far more free than she.
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Fez land, searched the moon,
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I guided a young man.
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Astride his great white steed
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Beside a caravan
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Through long nights he sighed
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And longed for his bride
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He laughed as he had found,
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But then, but then, a cloud.
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Lisbon, c 'est la boue,
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I kissed a black amour.
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The slave of
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Kamuen's, the
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Lusiad's
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The faithful slave's palms
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were held out for alms
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To pay for food and rent,
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there's now a monument.
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