Richard Thompson – She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair (Guitar)

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Midnight in her room

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There was music and incense and mirrors all around

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By the light of the moon

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Her silver dress slipped to the ground

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Then she knelt like Saint Joan

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And invisible armies attended her there

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And her knife brightly shone

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As she cut off her long silken hair

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Trapped, I suppose

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Lied for my sake

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Crushed like the rose

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That somebody picked by mistake

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Oh I knew it would come

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I knew she would leave me for some better start

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Oh I knew it would come

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She was too well rehearsed in her part

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And I measured my life

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And my heart fairly broke with the sorrow and care

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As she took down the knife

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And she cut off her long silken hair

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Oh there's some who believe

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Oh there's some who believe there are reasons to lie

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And there's some who deceive

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And the truth is right there in their eyes

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Oh but I don't see why

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In all of my life I've seen nothing so fair

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And I don't see why

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She cut off her long silken hair

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I don't see why

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I don't see why