SARAH ? KATE MILLER-HEIDKE
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1997 Livid Festival
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Me and Sarah my best friend
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Stripy tights and fairy wings
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As safe as safe can be
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We drank the gin we'd snuck in
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Danced to Ben Folds Five
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I turned around to Sarah
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Couldn't see her anywhere
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As safe as safe can be
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Oh Sarah, I didn't mean to let you down
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But you left me on my own, Sarah
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Why didn't you scream?
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I went to all the stages
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And to the St John's stand
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The man said 'you just missed her
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Stay - maybe she'll come back again'
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I sat and watched the crowds
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My father came at midnight
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We searched til half-past four
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I was half hysterical
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My father wasn't sure
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He called for the police
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Oh Sarah, I didn't mean to let you down
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But you left me on my own, Sarah
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Why didn't you scream? Why didn?t you shout?
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Sarah, I hated that I let you down
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But you left me on my own, Sarah
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Why didn?t you scream? Why didn?t you shout?
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The next day the sergeant
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Found her blue dress in the creek
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Her parents were so angry
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They put the blame on me
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Then a fortnight later
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Sarah knocked upon their door
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Her mother asked her 'Where've you been?'
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And she said
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'I don't know, I don't know, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I can't remember
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Anything at all.'
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Oh Sarah, I didn't mean to let you down
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But you left me on my own, Sarah
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Why didn't you scream? Why didn?t you shout?
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Sarah, I hated that I let you down
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But you left me on my own, Sarah
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Why didn?t you scream? Why didn?t you shout?
