| Scarlet burn, every light
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| Fever raged at night
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| Icy sweats and shaking, I thought that I would
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| Die
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| She come to me, like a rock of ages
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| Slowly, but no mistaking here there
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| Standing by, and then she look into me
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| Then she look into my eyes
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| And she said, hey you, don’t you hesitate
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| Girl, why you be so shy?
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| You got your whole life waiting in front of you
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| Don’t let this chance slip by
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| La la la la la la la la
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| La la la la la la
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| You got the whole world waiting
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| In front of you, you only fail if you
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| Never try
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| I close my eyes, and back I go
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| Sat on a knee when I was four
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| Drinking tea out of my grandmother’s cup
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| Oh we were poor, but we didn’t know
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| See now, life it goes by in a blink
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| And I know that I drink for comfort
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| But me-e-e, I’m gonna straighten up
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| I’m gonna pull myself together, gonna hear her and remember
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| Hey now you, don’t you hesitate
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| Girl, why you be so shy?
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| You got your whole life waiting in front of you
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| Don’t let this chance slip by
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| La la la la la la la la
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| La la la la la la
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| You got the whole world waiting
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| In front of you, you only fail if you
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| Never try
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| And then she look into me
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| Then she look into my eyes
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| And she said, hey you, don’t you hesitate
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| Girl, why you be so shy?
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| You got your whole life waiting in front of you
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| Don’t let this chance slip by
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| La la la la la la la la
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| La la la la la la
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| You got the whole world waiting
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| In front of you, you only f |