Sleepless Street chords by Peter Doran

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Allison,
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she slipped under the curtain
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Plunged right into the sleepless street
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The clothes she wore were minimal
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But she knew that she'd fit right in
She didn't crave enlightenment,
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only excitement
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And so, through the
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Oh, Alison, an irony spawned
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She moved slowly into
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this gathering
The place was a carnival,
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all the bro and loonies
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The insects dance from streetlamp
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to streetlamp
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Gazing down upon these swarms
of escape artists
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Shuffling chaotically below
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But Alison had nowhere else to go
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She felt at ease among the lazy stargazers
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A stray dog and the mathematician
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She drifted into orbit
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Packed tight with addicts
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Of every possible shape and size
Behind the dull glow of her eyes,
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a mile, I was racing
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She felt at last like she belonged
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But as they said,
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it's very often wrong
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Dancing from one devil straight
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to the next one
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Each one took her deeper underground
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Into damp hollows
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where no light follows
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Deep below the earth,
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a sleepless dream
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And there she met with mon
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sters and monsters
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And there are women who
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cried out in shame
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Oh, Allison, you're difficult to take
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Oh
Time passed
She broke awake
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Looks like she found her way back
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to the buzzing of the street
And the party was in full swing,
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the fireworks exploding
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And all the telephones
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and ears were ringing
She pushed away through the crowd
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They all seemed more lost than found
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Smoky air, those heavy arms
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She raced towards the current
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Tripping over the tide
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Photographers
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Wild -eyed lovers
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All that she wanted there
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Was to feel the sun shining
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Down on her pale face again
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I said that I would never call her
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But I hope she makes it in
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