Balcony

Intro 
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Now there are sisters and there are miracles 
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And there is proof that nothing lasts 
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And there was a cold front, there was a balcony 
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there are pictures from the past 
 

 
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You were a string-bean, you were a beaten rug 
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a cigarette in the hand 
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And right through that screen door there was a concrete face 
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showing slides of the Grand Coulee Dam 
 

 
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Can't you smell the ashtrays, can't you smell the cheap perfume 
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the beers in giant cans 
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And every Sunday before the air-raid bells 
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your mama's nervous laugh 
 

Interlude 
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It is a secret, one I will never tell 
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It is stuck beneath my tongue 
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How we were drawn there up to that balcony 
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as dumb as we were young 
 

 
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Just like a fountain, just like a waterfall 
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you waited underneath 
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Don't tell the neighbors for crying out loud 
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'til the ambulance is on our street 
 

Interlude 
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              E                     Bsus2 
Now there are sisters and there are miracles 
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And there is proof that nothing lasts 
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And there was a cold front, there was a balcony 
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There are pictures from the past 
 

 
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But not one word now, eyes to the ground 
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The past has been replaced 
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No, not one word now, don't make a sound 
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Never one to complain