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I remember when i was a girl |
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Our house caught on fire |
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And I'll never forget the look on my father's face |
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As he gathered me in his arms |
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And raced to the burning building out on the pavement |
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And I stood there shivering |
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And watched the whole world go up in flames |
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And when it was all over |
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I said to myself |
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Is that all there is to a fire |
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Is that all there is |
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Is that all there is |
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If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing |
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Let's break out the booze and have a ball |
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If that's all there is |
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And when I was twleve years old |
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My daddy took me to the circus |
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The greatest show on earthe |
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And there were clowns |
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And elephants |
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Dancing bears, |
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And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads |
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And as I sat there watching |
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I had the feeling that something was missing |
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I don't know what |
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But when it was all over |
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I said to myself |
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Is that all there is to the circus |
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Is that all there is |
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If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing |
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Let's break out the booze and have a ball |
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If that's all there is |
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And then I fell in love |
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With the most wonderful boy in the world |
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We'd take long walks down by the river |
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Or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes |
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We were so very much in love |
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And then one day |
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He went away |
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And I'd thought I'd die |
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But I didn't |
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And when I didn't |
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I said to myself |
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Is that all there is to love |
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Is that all there is |
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If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep |
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I know what you must be saying to yourselvess |
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If that's the way she feels about it |
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Then why doesn't she just end it all |
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Oh no. not me. I'm not ready for the final disappointment |
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Cause I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you |
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That when that final moment comes |
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And I'm breathing my last breath |
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I know what I'll be saying to myself |
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Is that all there is |
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Is that all there is |
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If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing |
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Let's break out the booze and have a ball |
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If that's all there is |
