Introduction: E
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I’ve been walkin’ down to the saloon
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In the height of the afternoon
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To feed that vice that keeps my depression in tune
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And then there’s the girl, The Fairy who knows too much for the girl who knows my heart
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There’s Bill the homeless man
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Beggin’ for coin whenever he can
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And Maria who was left in Madrid by her man
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And then there’s the girl, The Fairy who knows too much for the girl who knows my heart
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In the bar of lonely souls
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The only spirit is alcohol
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Which The Fairy is happy to provide until light falls
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Yeah, she’s the one, the one who knows too much for a girl who knows my heart
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Another mornin’ of staggering home
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Another mornin’ chill to the bone
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The birds chirping in the trees remind me of summer days and ice-cream cones
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And then there’s the girl, The Fairy who knows too much for the girl who knows my heart
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Passin’ by the town lunatic
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They thought they could help him with a ‘fix’
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Now he’s been fixin’ day in day out since 1996
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And then there’s the girl, The Fairy who knows too much for the girl who knows my heart
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Another day, another hole
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She comes over to make sure I’m told
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Today’s drinks are half-price and just as cold
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I look to my beat-up wallet
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To see when I should call it
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Two days go by and I wake up in my own vomit
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And then there’s the girl, The Fairy who knows too much for the girl who knows my heart
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In the bar of lonely souls
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The only spirit is alcohol
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Which The Fairy is happy to provide until light falls
B11
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* B11
Yeah, she’s the one, the one who knows too much for a girl who knows
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my heart
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For a girl who knows my heart