Key: G
Introduction:
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Last time I saw Richard
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Was Detroit in 68 and he told me
Cynical and bitter and boring someone
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In some dark cafe"
You laughed, he said: "You think you're immune?
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You like roses and kisses
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And pretty men to tell you all those pretty lies"
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Pretty lies
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"When are you gonna realize they're only pretty lies?"
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Only pretty lies, pretty lies
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He put a quarter in the Wurlitzer
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And then he pushed three buttons and the thing began to whirl
And a waitress came by a fishnet stockings and a bow tie
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And she said: "drink up now, it's getting on time to close"
"Richard, you haven't really changed", I said
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"It's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head
You've got tombs in your in your eyes
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But the songs you punched are dreaming"
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Listen, they talk of love so sweet
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When you gonna get yourself back on your feet?
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Oh and love can be so sweet
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Love's so sweet
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Richard got married to a figure skater
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And he bought her a dish washer and a coffe percolator
And he drinks at home now, most nights with the TV on
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And all the house lights left up bright
I'm gonna blow this damn candle out
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I don't want nobody comin' over to my table,
I've got nothing to talk to anybody about
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Hidin' behind bottles in dark cafes
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Dark cafes
Only this darkness
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Before I get my gorgeous wings
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And fly away
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Only a phase, these dark cafe days