| --Spoken:
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| «The sun, red and enormous, began to sink into the western sky. |
| And
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| simultaneously the moon began to rise on the other side of the river with its
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| own glorious shade of red, coming up out of the trees like a russet firebird.
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| The sun and the moon seem to acknowledge each other and they moved in both
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| apposition and concordance in a breath taking dance of light across the oaks
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| and the palms. |
| My father watched it and I thought he would cry again.
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| He had returned to the sea, and his heart was a low country heart.»
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| African drums are silent and the Wingos are poets at last
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| Out on Dafuskie Island, the bulldozers bury the past
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| And the low country sinks, she can not swim
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| The dogwood feels the hurt
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| While the foursome plays on borrowed days in their alligator shirts
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| Now I realize who killed the Prince of Tides
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| How can you tell how it used to be
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| When there’s nothin' left to see
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| One night they put a price on the sunset
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| And that got the whole world shaking
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| They rose from the grave both the weak and the brave
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| 'Cause history was there for the makin'
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| And the winos surrounded the condos forming a frail human fence
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| And they shouted out loud to the roar of the crowd
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| «Same old story, more dollars than sense»
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| Now I realize who killed the Prince of Tides
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| How can you tell how it used to be
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| When there’s nothin' left to see
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| Paperback novels make young girls dream
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| And Judy’s spending quieter days in the stream
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| With Goodman, Giovinno, and John Mac D
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| They were such good friends to me
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| (instrumental)
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| Yes and now I realize who killed the Prince of Tides
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| How can you tell how it used to be
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| When there’s nothin' left to see
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| Oh, and now I realize who killed the Prince of Tides
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| How can you tell how it used to be
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| When there’s nothin' left to see
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| Nothin' left to see
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| Heaven knows but God decides
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| Just when to kill the Prince of Tides
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| You can dance (you can dance) every dance (you can dance)
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| With the guy (you can dance) who gives you the eye (you can dance)
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| And wants to hold you tight (you can dance)
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| You can smile (you can smile) every smile (you can smile)
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| For the man (you can smile) who holds your hand
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| Beneath the pale moonlight (you can dance, ba-dum)
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| But don’t forget who’s takin' you home
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| And in whose arms you’re gonna be
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| Save the last dance for me
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| And beach music, beach music, beach music, just plays on…
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| -- Spoken:
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| «The white porpoise comes to me at night, singing in the river of time,
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| with a thousand dolphins in radiant attendance, bringing charismatic greetings
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| from the Prince of Tides.» |