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Last night i was walking through the harbour |
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Where the fishing boats are lying on the shore, |
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The news had travelled fast and everyone went to be |
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Where the mayor was making a speech, |
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And the crowd started cheering |
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When he talked about the glory of it all, |
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And the boys coming home from the war; |
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Last night, they were dancing in the streets |
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And making music in the alleyways and bars, |
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From a house down in the old town came the sound of guitars, |
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Margarita was waiting inside, |
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With her long black hair hanging down beneath the red light, |
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And she smiled, for the boys coming home from the war, |
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The boys coming home from the war; |
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And they said we were heroes, they said we were fine, |
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We were kings in command, we had god on our side, |
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And we said "nothing will make us change in any way, |
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Since yesterday - we're just the same, |
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Since yesterday - nothing has changed, |
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Since yesterday - we're just the same," |
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But i can feel there's a new kind of hunger inside, |
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To be satisfied, i saw it there last night; |
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Last night i was walking through the shadows |
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Far away from all the music and the girls, |
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When i saw a soldier with a woman in black, |
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And they stood without any word, |
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Just staring at a photograph of someone, and she began to cry. |
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For a boy left behind in the war, |
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Some boy left behind in the war; |
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And they said we were heroes, they said we were fine, |
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We were kings in command, we had god on our side, |
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And we said "nothing will make us change in any way, |
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Since yesterday - we're just the same, |
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Since yesterday - nothing has changed, |
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Since yesterday - we're just the same," |
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But i can feel there's this new kind of hunger inside, |
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To be satisfied, i saw it there last night... |