Key: A
Introduction:
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We were heroes them, and the girls were all pretty
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And a uniform was a lucky charm
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Bought you the key to the city
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We used to dance the whole night through
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While Al Bowlly sang, 'The Very Thought of You'
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Al Bowlly's in Heaven, and I'm in limbo now
I gave my youth to King and country
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Hard Times, hard hard times
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Hostels and missions and dosser's soup lines
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Can't close me eyes on a bench or a bed
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For the sound of some battle raging in my head
Old friends, You lose so many