[Verse 1]
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Last night I dreamed about you, I dreamed that you were older.
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You were looking like Picasso, With a scar across your shoulder.
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You were kneeling by the river, You were digging up the bodies.
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Buried long ago, Michelangelo.
[Verse 2]
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Last night I dreamed about you, I dreamed you were a pilgrim.
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On a highway out alone to find, The mother of your children.
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Who were still unborn and waiting, In the wings of some desire.
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Aandoned long ago, Michelangelo.
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Were you there at Armageddon Was Paris really burning.
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Could I have been the one to pull you, From the point of no returning.
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And did I hear you calling out my name, Or was it forgotten long ago.
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Michelangelo ooh oh o ho oh o oh o oh.
[Verse 3]
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Last night I dreamed about you, I dreamed that you were riding.
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On a blood red painted pony, Up where the heavens were dividing.
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And the angels turned to ashes, You came tumbling with them to earth.
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So Far below Michelangelo.
[Verse 4]
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Last night I dreamed about you, I dreamed that you were dying.
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In a field of thorn and roses, With a hawk about you crying.
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For the warrior slain in battle, From an arrow driven deep inside you.
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Long ago Michelangelo.
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Did you suffer at the end, Would there be no one to remember.
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Did you banish all the old ghosts, With the terms of surrender.
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And could you hear me calling out your name, Well I guess that I will never know.
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Michelangelo ooh oh o ho oh o oh o oh.
[Verse 5]
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Last night I dreamed about you, I dreamed that you were weeping.
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And your tears poured down like diamonds, For a love beyond all keeping.
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And you caught them one by one, In a million silk bandanas that I gave you long ago.
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Michelangelo.