Beautiful William one morning in May
in a milk-white convertible drove slowly away
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Beautiful William with curling black hair
gold rings on his fingers as he held to the wheel
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Was he given a package by a man on the train?
We found his car by the roadside later that day
Mirrored sunglasses, roses and wine
laid on the empty seat, as he slowly drove by
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He left his lights burning. He left his perfect lawn
His automatic sprinklers about to switch on
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Did he find a black glove on the cliffs by the bay?
Why would he leave us, why would he leave us this way?
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He drove through the town with a smile on his face
waving to everyone as he went on his way
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Polly from Red River, Rose from Green Falls
they drove to his house and they lay on the lawn
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Was he stopped in the airport by a man with a cane?
We found his car by the roadside later that day
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Rose smashed his windows till the glass was all gone
Polly broke the back door and she screamed down the hall
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But no answer sounded but wind flying through
as we tore up the green lawn and torched all the rooms
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Did he find a white glove in the pines by the lake?
Why would he leave us, why would he leave us this way?
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