Key: G
Introduction:
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There?s a port on a western bay
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And it serves a hundred ships a day
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Lonely sailors pass the time away
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And talk about their homes
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There?s a girl in this harbor town
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And she works laying whiskey down
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They say Brandy, fetch another round
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She serves them whisky and wine
The sailors say...
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Brandy, you're a fine girl
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What a good wife you would be
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Your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea
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Brandy wears a braided chain
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Made of finest silver from the north of Spain
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A locket that bears the name of the man that Brandy loves
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He came on a summers day - bearing gifts - from far away
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But he made it clear he couldn't stay
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No harbor was his home...
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Brandy, you're a fine girl
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What a good wife you would be
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Your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea
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Brandy used to watch his eyes
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As he told his sailor stories
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he could feel the ocean fall and rise
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She saw its raging glory
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But he had always told the truth
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Lord he was an honest man
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And Brandy does her best to understand
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At night when the bars close down
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Brandy walks through a silent town
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And loves a man who's not around
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She still can hear him say
She hears him say...
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Brandy, you're a fine girl
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What a good wife you would be
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Your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea
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Brandy, you're a fine girl
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What a good wife you would be
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But my life, my lover, my lady, is the sea