Starlight Express

	  		
Intro: 

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Verse 1:
 
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When your good nights have been said  

And you're lying in bed  
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With the covers pulled up tight  
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And though you count every sheep  

You get the feeling that sleep  
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Is going to stay away tonight.  
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That's when you hear it coming 
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That's when you hear the humming of the  


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Starlight Express, Starlight Express, 
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Are you real, yes or no? 
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Starlight Express, answer me yes.  
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I don't want you to go. 


Verse 2:
 
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Want you to take me away  

But bring me home before daylight  
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And in the time between  
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Take me to everywhere  

But don't abandon me there  
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Just want to say I've been.  
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I believe in you completely  
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Though I may be dreaming sweetly  
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I can hear the train  
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Here again 
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Can't explain that midnight train 
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That midnight train 

 
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Starlight Express, Starlight Express, 
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Are you real, yes or no? 
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Starlight Express, answer me yes.  
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I don't want you to go. 
  

   
Bridge:
 
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And if you're there 
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And if you know 
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Then show me which way  
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I should go.  

 
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Starlight Express, Starlight Express, 
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Are you real, yes or no? 
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Starlight Express, answer me yes.  
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I don't want you to go.