The Go-Betweens

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              The Clarke Sisters
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They had problems with their father's law
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They sleep in the back of a feminist bookstore
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The Clarke Sisters
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The eldest sister keeps a midnight vigil
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The youngest sister shes not spiritual
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The Clarke Sisters

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And their steel grey hair
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Their lovely steel grey hair,  the Clarke sisters.  

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Why don't I,    introduce you? I'm sure they won't mind
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But don't you dare, laugh at their collection
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Handed down, handed down for love.

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The middle sister gets her period blood
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The flood of love,   the flood of love
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The Clarke sisters,  
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And their steel grey hair,  their lovely steel grey hair
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The Clarke sisters
 
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The afternoon world, the bees have stung the softball girls
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The midnight world, the crystal ball, down the wooden hall
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The treehouse stands, their early childhood, the treehouse plans 
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And right above,  the Clarke sisters, handed down for love,  
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Handed down for love,  handed down to love.