[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I was 19 when I came to town
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They called it the summer of love
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They were burning babies, and burning flags
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The hawks against the doves
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I took a job at the steaming way
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Down on Caltrim St
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Fell in love with a laundry girl
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That was workin' next to me
[Chorus]
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She was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
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So fine, a breath of wind would blow her away
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And she was a lost child, oh she was runnin' wild
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She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
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And you wouldn't have it any other way"
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[Verse 2]
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Brown hair zig zagged around her face
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In a look of half surprise
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Like a fox caught in the headlights
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There was an-i-mal in her eyes
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She said "Young man can't you see"
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That I'm not the factory kind?
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If you don't get me out of here
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I'll surely lose my mind"
[Chorus]
Em G
She was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
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So fine, that I might crush her where she lay
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And she was a lost child, oh she was runnin' wild
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She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
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And you wouldn't have it any other way"
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[Verse 3]
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We was campin' down the Gower one time
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And the work was pretty good
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She said "we shouldn't wait for the frost"
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But I thought maybe we should
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And we were drinking more in those days
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Our tempers had reached a pitch
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And like a fool I let her run 'round
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With that ramblin' itch
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And they say her flower has faded now
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Hard weather and hard booze
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But maybe that's just the price you pay
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For the chains that you refuse
[Chorus]
Em G
She was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
Em D C
So fine, a breath of wind would blow her away
Em G
And she was a lost child, oh she was runnin' wild
Em D C
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
Em D C
And you wouldn't have it any other way"
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[Chorus]
Em G
She was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
Em D C
So fine, a breath of wind would blow her away
Em G
And she was a lost child, oh she was runnin' wild
Em D C
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
Em D C
And you wouldn't have it any other way"
[Outro]
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