| I was just a boy when I sat down
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| To watch the news on TV
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| I saw some ordinary slaughter
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| I saw some routine atrocity
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| My father said, don’t look away
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| You got to be strong, you got to be bold, now
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| He said, that in the end it is beauty
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| That is going to save the world, now
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| And she moves among the sparrows
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| And she floats upon the breeze
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| She moves among the flowers
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| She moves something deep inside of me
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| I was walking around the flower show like a leper
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| Coming down with some kind of nervous hysteria
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| When I saw you standing there, green eyes, black hair
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| Up against the pink and purple wisteria
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| You said, hey, nature boy, are you looking at me
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| With some unrighteous intention?
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| My knees went weak
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| I couldn’t speak, I was having thoughts
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| That were not in my best interests to mention
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| And she moves among the flowers
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| And she floats upon the smoke
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| She moves among the shadows
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| She moves me with just one little look
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| You took me back to your place
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| And dressed me up in a deep sea diver’s suit
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| You played the patriot, you raised the flag
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| And I stood at full salute
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| Later on we smoked a pipe that struck me dumb
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| And made it impossible to speak
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| As you closed in, in slow motion
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| Quoting Sappho, in the original Greek
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| She moves among the shadows
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| She floats upon the breeze
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| She moves among the candles
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| And we moved through the days
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| And through the years
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| Years passed by, we were walking by the sea
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| Half delirious
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| You smiled at me and said, Babe
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| I think this thing is getting kind of serious
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| You pointed at something and said
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| Have you ever seen such a beautiful thing?
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| It was then that I broke down
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| It was then that you lifted me up again
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| She moves among the sparrows
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| And she walks across the sea
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| She moves among the flowers
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| And she moves something deep inside of me
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| She moves among the sparrows
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| And she floats upon the breeze
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| She moves among the flowers
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| And she moves right up close to me |