Al Stewart – Midas Shadow (Ukulele)

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You've got your ticket and your hotel keys

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And your overnight bag at your feet

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YOu're looking down on the tropical trees

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While the Spanish maids pick up the sheets

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Conquistador in search of gold

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For all the jack-daw reasons

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The Midas shadow that's so hard to please

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Follows wherever you go.

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Nothing ventured, nothing gained they said

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So you played for the winner takes all

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And tossed the dice high up and craned your head

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To see how the numbers would fall

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You stole the game so easily

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Your luck ran with the seasons

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But still the shadow that the night won't free just

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Follows wherever you go.

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Another day, another boarding card,

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As you wait for your seat on the 'plane

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The movie runs but you're still working hard

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And you don't touch your food or champagne

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I know that when your well runs dry

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Yuu'll want to know the reason

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The empty night will bring you no reply

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As it follows wherever you go.