by GFLee
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by GFLee
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by the time you reach Vaughn avenue the sun is quietly bleeding the day is just a shadow of its former self shake the rain off take the stairs put the key into the lock remove your coat plug in electric fire winter came so early jesus what happened to the summer? the papers all agree by Christmas there'll be war if I could be with you I would do my best to warm you strain the tealeaves sweep the kitchen floor CHORUS you'll have to look after yourself you're gonna have to think on your feet light a match in the dark for me get yourself some hard earned sleep you'll have to look after your health you're gonna have to land on your feet say a prayer each night for yourself stay off the streets after dark if I could be with you I would be the kind of friend who would never let you come home to a dark house again but with the company I'm keeping and the hours that I'm sleeping you'll place last orders on your own you'll have to look after yourself you're gonna have to think on your feet light a match in the dark for me get yourself some hard earned sleep you'll have to look after your health you're gonna have to land on your feet say a prayer each night for yourself stay off the streets after dark stay off the streets after dark after dark, after dark stay off the streets after dark after dark, after dark stay off the streets after dark
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