Intro: G D Em7 C

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As the twilight was returning and the sun began to fall

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I walked down to the beach front and watched the whitecaps roll

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A flare exploded over the ocean. An orange tear

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Then I saw at the corner of my eye the girl at the end of the pier



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She stood and stared at the brightness, glowing and complete

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In her crinoline and lacing with the wood beneath her feet

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She walked in splinters shedding the salt of a single tear

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Who will fill up the vacuum inside her,

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the girl at the end of the pier



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The toffee apples strewn on the pavement. The candy floss sticks to the tar

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The organ grinder's monkey's been freed from enslavement

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He ran beneath the wheels of a family car



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Now the funfair is shut down and the coconut shy is gone

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A carousel spins on regardless and the big whee