Key: A minor
Verse 1
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I had a basement flat
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off Portobello Road
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in my cowboy hat
with my buckled boots
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and my blue striped pants
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I knew how to groove
I didn't know how to dance
coat from Johnstons
stuff and nonsense
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Verse 2
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the counter- culture was fading
but echoed everywhere
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on my back on the floor
with the lights all down
in the land of Oz
Verse 3
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I was in love with a girl
I saw one afternoon
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wearing duffle coat and pearls
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in his velvet and tat
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and sleep in my spare room
and wear my spare hat
the pot got stronger
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reggae sound systems fired up
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Verse 4
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I remember a hot
sticky summer night
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my 'magination soared
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Sav age Earth Heart
tumbled through my brain
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
needed the cash I suppose
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and I left in haste
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the day between shows
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in one night,
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it's the truth
didn't even sleep
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that's the power of youth
and away we drove
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to my beloved Ladbroke Grove
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I tried moving back
when an age had passed
the stage was still intact
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only with a different cast
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and I was just in the way
and I was way out of time
ain't meant to repeat
Outro 1
on some other street
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