Carol
Author: Al Stewart
 
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Sometimes it
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seems uni
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maginable that you were
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ever any other
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way,
  
With your
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white rose face and your or
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phan clothes
  
Em
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broideried jeans and silver
B7
chains
  
You're a
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well-known
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face in all the
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hang out places where the
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lost souls congregate
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And you
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sit all night, but you
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talk too fast,
  
I
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don't know what you're trying to
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say.
  
Oh
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Carol,
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I
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think it's time for running for
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cover,
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uh
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huh
  
Be
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lieve me
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you're
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everyone's and nobody's
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lover,
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uh
C
huh
  
You've got a
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one-way ticket for all
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your yester
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days
GB7 Em I know your daddy said he'd talk to you
Am B7 But he never really found the time
Am Em And your TV mother with her cocktail eyes
Am B7 Could never really reach your mind
GB7 Em So you fixed your star to a passing dream
Am B7 And took a cocaine holiday
Am Em Now the years flow round you in a muddy stream
Am B7 And you need another place to stay.
Oh Carol ...
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Reach down
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silvery ship from the
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stars, I know you're there
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I know
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you'll understand me you can
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take me anywhere
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I
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know you must be there.
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GB7 Em Well, sometimes it seems impossible
Am B7 That the game could get that rough
Am Em But the stage is set, the exit's barred
Am B7 And the make-up won't come off
GB7 Em So you make your bow to the balcony
Am B7 You light another cigarette
Am Em And the lights grow dim as the music starts
Am B7 And it's easy to forget
Oh Carol ...
Reach down ...