Key: A minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I learned the final lesson of
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she'd go visiting around
Verse 2
For I had found the answer to
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She was the daughter of the mayor
Verse 3
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cause you're so much like him"
Verse 4
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in the dawn as I was leaving
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The mayor of Candor lied
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What a thing to do to a young man in love
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Verse 6
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One day with father on his
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he is not alone
Verse 7
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I look into my mother's eyes
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The mayor of Candor lied
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Verse 8
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All my thoughts of outrage,
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embarrassment and pain
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How the mayor's at my mer cy
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and I hear my own voice say
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sir, is one month away"
Verse 9
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"And the world will never know
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is my meaning clear, sir?"
Verse 10
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What a thing to do to a young
Verse 11
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a prophet could not tell
Interlude 1
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Verse 12
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The day after his re-election and
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and the victory celebration
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The mayor takes his family on a month-long
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foreign foreign va ca tion
Oh Coleen, you know how
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There is no one I'd ever place above you
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Oh Coleen, you don't even know me
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below me
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(But time,
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but time)
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But time always passes, after all
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so does the winter follow fall
Interlude 2
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Verse 14
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the decision is her own
He says, "She's finishing her schooling
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you'll not see her anymore"
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mayor of Candor lied
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What a thing to do to a young
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daughter
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Verse 16
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I spit out my hatred
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Go on and do your damndest, boy,
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throw your mother to the streets
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I had to be discreet"
And as he stands there saying
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Verse 17
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As I look into his leering, aged,
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wrinkled mirror of my own face
He laughs and sneers and says,
"Of course, dear son
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Where do you think you came
Verse 18
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The mayor of Candor lied
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To take her off across the water
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What a thing to do to a young man in love
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And what a thing to do to your
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daughter
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