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Cherise was brushing her long hair gently down
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It was the afternoon of carnival as she brushes it gently down
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Rubin was strumming his painted mandolin
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It was inlaid with a pretty face in jade
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Played in the carnival parade
Cherise was dressing as Pirouette in white
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If you could see in my heart you would know it's true
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There's none Cherise, except for you,
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Except for you
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I'd swear to it on my very soul, If I lie, may I fall down cold
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When Rubin played on his painted mandolin
The breeze would pause to listen in before going its way again