CLAIRE (chrom c)

by Gilbert O'Sullivan

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CLAIRE
 
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   CLAIRE,   THE   MO-MENT   I   MET   YOU   I   SWEAR
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   I   FELT   AS   IF   SOME-THING   SOME-WHERE
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   HAD   HAP-PENED   TO   ME,   WHICH   I   COULD-N’T   SEE
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   AND   THEN,   THE   MO-MENT   I   MET   YOU   A-GAIN
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   I   KNEW   IN   MY   HEART   THAT   WE   WERE   FRIENDS
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   IT   HAD   TO   BE   SO   IT   COULD-N’T   BE   NO,   BUT   TRY
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   AS   HARD   AS   I   MIGHT   DO   I   DON’T   KNOW   WHY
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   YOU   GET   TO   ME   IN   A   WAY   I   CANT   DES-CRIBE
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   WORDS   MEAN   SO   LIT-TLE   WHEN   YOU   LOOK   UP   AND   SMILE
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   I   DON’T  CARE   WHAT  PEO-PLE   SAY   TO   ME  YOURE   MORE   THAN   A   CHILD
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   OH   CLAIRE,   CLAI-RE
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   CLAIRE,    IF   EV-ER   A   MO-MENT   SO   RARE
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   WAS   CAP-TURED   FOR   ALL   TO   COM-PARE
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   THAT   MO-MENT   IS   YOU   IN   ALL   THAT   YOU   DO,   BUT   WHY
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   IN   SPITE   OF   OUR   AGE   DIFF-ERENCE   DO   I   CRY
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   EACH   TIME   I   LEAVE   YOU   I   FEEL   I   COULD   DIE
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   NOTH-ING   MEANS   MORE   TO   ME   THAN   HEAR-ING   YOU   SAY
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   I   GOING   TO   MAR-RY   YOU,   WILL   YOU   MAR-RY   ME   UN-CLE   RAY
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   OH   CLAIRE,   CLAI-RE 
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   CLAIRE,   I’VE   TOLD   YOU   BE-FORE   DON’T   YOU   DARE
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   GET   BACK   IN-TO   BED
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   CAN’T   YOU   SEE   THAT   IT’S   LATE
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   NO   YOU   CAN’T   HAVE   A   DRINK
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   OH   ALL   RIGHT   THEN   BUT   WAIT   JUST   A   BIT
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   WHILE   I   IN   AN   EF-FORT   TO   BA-BY-SIT
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   CATCH   UP   MY   BREATH   WHAT   THERE   IS   LEFT   OF   IT
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   YOU   CAN   BE   MUR-DER   AT   THIS   HOUR   OF   THE   DAY
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   BUT   IN   THE   MORN-ING   THIS   HOUR   WILL   SEEM   A   LIFE-TIME   A-WAY
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   OH   CLAIRE   CLAI-RE       OH   CLAIRE
 
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