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one day in september
G        E
you come here.
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you pull my head down and you whisper in my ear.
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and you tell me the sidewalk is as far as the world really goes
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but that's a secret everybody knows.

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you hold my head in your hands.
G          E
you say my name.
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how is it that though you say it some 20 thousand times
C                    G
it's never quite the same
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and you tell me that hercules died burning consumed by an article of his own clothing  
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that's something i'd rather not be reminded of.