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  My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark 
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And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark 
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  My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark 
                         G5          G5 
And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark 
 

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I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense 
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The words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence 
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My dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve 
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I said I have no way of feeding you, so leave 
 

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  But there was a time I asked my father for a dollar 
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  And he gave it a ten dollar raise 
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  And when I needed my mother and I called her 
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  She stayed with me for days 

 
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Now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain 
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Someone's on the bathroom floor, doing her cocaine 
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Someone's got his finger on the button in some room 
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No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom 
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But I tried to make this place my place;    I asked for providence to 
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smile upon me with its sweet face;      Yeah, but I'll tell you: 
 
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark 

And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark 

My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark 

And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark 
 
Maybe there's no haven in this world for tender age 

My heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage 

My greatest hope, my greatest cause to grieve 

And my heart flew from its cage, and it bled upon my sleeve 
 
The cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing 

I couldn't hear them for the thunder 

I was half the naked distance between hell and heaven's ceiling 

And it almost pulled me under 
 
Now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain 

Someone's on the bathroom floor, doing her cocaine 

Someone's got his finger on the button in some room 

No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom 

But I tried to make this place my place; I asked for providence to 

smile upon me with its sweet face; Yeah, but I'll tell you: 
 
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark 

And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark 

My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark 

And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark 

My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark 
                            G5 {tacet} 
And I, I do not feel the romance; I will not be a pawn 
        G5 {slowly} 
For the prince of darkness any longer 
 

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  Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com