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A nocturne for the blues played on a broken heart string
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It's wailing out the news my baby is gone from me.
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Dark shadows in the rain, a telephone that won't ring
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Just memories remain of lovers that used to be.
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I miss the laughs and the fun, my spot in the sun
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When I was the one one and only.
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The music and lights, those wonderful nights
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The morning is the time we'd kiss.
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The laughs and the fun, my days in the sun,
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They're over and done, and I'm lonely
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Don't ask me to hide the heartbreak inside
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The gleaming spark is gone, the light went dark.
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This nocturn for the blues took all and left me nothing
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Nothing but the blues 'til baby comes back to me
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