Van Morrison – Madame George (Guitar)

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Down on Cyprus Avenue,

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With a childlike vision, leaping into view.

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Clicking, clacking of the high heeled show;

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 Ford and Fitzroy, Madame George.

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 Marching with the soldier boy behind;

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 He's much older now, with hat on, drinking wine.

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 And that smell of sweet per-fume comes drifting through,

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 The cool night air like Shalimar.

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And outside they're making all the stops,

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The kids out in the street, col-lecting bottle tops.

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 Gone for cigarettes and matches in the shops;

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 Happy taken, Madame George.

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 That's when you fall, woah, that's when you fall,

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When you fall into a trance,

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 Sitting on a sofa, playing games of chance.

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 With your folded arms and history books, you glance;

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 Into the eyes of Madame George.

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And you think you found the bag;

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 You're getting weaker and your knees begin to sag.

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 In the corner, playing dominoes, in drag;

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 The one and only, Madame George.

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And then from outside, the frosty window raps,

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 She jumps up and says;

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Lord have mercy, I think that it's the cops.

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 And i-mmediately, drops everything she gots,

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 Down into the street below.

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And you know you gotta go,

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 On that train from Dublin, up to Sandy Row.

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 Throwing pennies at the bridges down below.

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 And the rain, hail, sleet, and snow.

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Say good-bye to Madame George.

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 Dry your eye for Madame George,

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 Wonder why for Madame George.

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And as you leave, the room is filled with music;

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 Laughing, music, dancing music, all around the room.

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 And all the little boys come around,

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Walking a-way from it all,    so cold.

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And as you're a-bout to leave,

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 She jumps up and says; hey love, you for-got your gloves.

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 And the love that loves, the love that loves, the love that loves,

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To love, the love, that loves to love.

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To say goodbye to Madame George, dry your eye for Madame George.

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 Wonder why for Madame George, dry your eyes for Madame George.

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 Say good-bye in the wind and the rain, on the back street,

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 In the backstreet, in the back street.

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Say goodbye, say goodbye to Madame George.

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 In the backstreet, in the back street, in the back street.

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 Down home, down home, in the back street, gotta go;

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 Say good-bye, goodbye, good-bye.

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 Dry your eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your eye.

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 Say good-bye to Madame George,

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 And the loves to love, to love, the love.

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 Say good-bye, goodbye, goodbye, good-bye,

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 Ooh...   mmm...

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 Say good-bye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to Madame George.

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 Dry your eye for Madame George, wonder why for Madame George.

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 The love's to love, the love's to love, the love's to love.

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 Say good-bye, good-bye.

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 Get on the train, get on the train, the train, the train.

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 This is the train, this is the train.

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 Woah, say good-bye, good-bye.

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 Get on the train, get on the train...