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He was just a friend of mine
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I'd run into from time to time
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Long before he moved away
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We used to share a taste for wine
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Still I never knew that he was sad back then
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He said the time had come for him to take a holiday

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And he says it's brilliant there
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There's something in the air
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And sunshine everywhere
             F#5
He's on the beach
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I know he's changed somehow
                E5
He sends those postcards now
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I'm not sure where he is
                 F#5
but he's out of reach

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When he called me up one day
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And said that he was going away
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I thought he meant a week in France
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And not twelve thousand miles to Sydney Bay
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Still he had to take his chances
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He said the time had come for him to make a move away

                  B5
And he says it's brilliant there
                   E5
There's something in the air
              B5
And sunshine everywhere
             F#5
He's on the beach
             B5
I know he's changed somehow
                 E5
He writes those postcards now
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He's on his own again
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And he's out of reach
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(my baby gets it on the beach)

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And I don't blame him
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Leaving was the best thing he could do
                G#5
He longed for changes
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I just hope he's happy
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When he does the things he thinks he has to do

And he tries, and he tries
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Yes he tries but he's a little bit hard on himself
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Somehow he's trying to be someone else

                                   B5
And he says, he says, he says it's brilliant there
                  E5
There's something in the air
              B5
And sunshine everywhere
             B5
He's on the beach
              B5
I know he's changed somehow
               E5
It's in his postcards now
             D#5
He's on his own again
               F#5
So far out of reach

                  B5
And he says it's brilliant there
                  E5
There's something in the air
              B5
And sunshine everywhere
             F#5
He's on the beach
             B5
I know he's changed somehow
             E5
It's in his postcards now
            D#5
He's in Australia
               F#5
So far out of reach
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And he says it's brilliant there