The Waterboys – And A Bang On The Ear (Guitar)

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 Lindsay was my first love  she was in my class

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I would have loved to take her out but I was too shy to ask

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The fullness of my feeling   was never made clear

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But I send her my love with a bang on the ear

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 Nora was my girl when I first was in a group

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I can still see her to this day, stirring chicken soup

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Now she's living in Australia working for an auctioneer

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But I send her my love with a bang on the ear

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 Deborah broke my heart and I the willing fool

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I fell for her one summer on the road to Liverpool

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I thought it was forever but it was over within the year (oh dear)

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But I send her my love with a bang on the ear

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The home I made with Bella became a house of pain

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We weathered it together bound by a ball and chain

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It started up in Fife, it ended up in tears

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But I send her my love with a bang on the ear

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 Krystal was a rover from Canada she hailed

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We crossed swords in San Francisco we both lived to tell the tale

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I dont know now where she is but oh if I had her here

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I'd give her my love with a bang on the ear

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So my woman of the hearthfire, harbour of my soul

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I watch you lightly sleeping and I sense a dream that does unfold (like gold)

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You to me are treasure, you to me are dear

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So I'll give you my love with a bang on the ear

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(repeat to fade)