[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Once upon the Seas of Abyssinia
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A cultured man with rings within his ear-lobes
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Locked the door from which the sun arose
[Verse 2]
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A man at noon with shadows on his cheek bone
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Singed for sleep to use him as a pillow
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His robes of chintz were melting in the snows
[Verse 3]
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The stars with eyes embedded in his footprints
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Wept sweet words from his remembered childhood
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Poets of the skies look long and hard
[Verse 4]
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Once upon the Seas of Abyssinia
Em
A cultured man with rings within his ear-lobes
D G Em
Locked the door from which the sun arose
[Outro]
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Lye-die-die...
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Lye-die-die...
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Lye-die-die...
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Lye-die-die...
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Lye-die-die...