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December morning when the ship came sailing in, |
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The sailor boys with all their noise had come around again |
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She stood on the quayside, she was looking for a friend |
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He had caught her eye and now she'll try |
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To make him come her way (come her way) |
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So long, goodbye, nice to know you baby but it's time to fly, |
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He laughed as she cried and watched her dreams sail away. |
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Had one just like her on a far off Eastern shore, |
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And every town, that he'd sailed round was like the one before |
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And though he said he loved her, his words were like his heart |
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they were empty as a summer stream that dries up oh so hard |
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(oh so hard) |
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So long, goodbye, nice to know you baby but it's time to fly, |
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He laughed as she cried and watched her dreams sail away. |
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Sail away, sail away |
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Sail away, sail away |
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Oh sail away again, away again |
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Every day somebody sails away. |
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Cried when he heft her, but she never knew his name, |
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Just a night of love to pass like ships and never meet again |
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She can't hold the tears, but she knows that one day |
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he will come around (come around again) |
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So long, goodbye, nice to know you baby but it's time to fly, |
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He laughed as she cried and watched her dreams sail away. |
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She watched her dreams sail away |
