Althea

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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  I told Althea I was feeling lost
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  Lacking in some direction
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  Althea told me upon scrutiny
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My  back might need protection

[Chorus]
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 I told Althea that treachery
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 Was tearing me limb from limb
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   Althea told me: now cool down boy
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  Settle back easy Jim

[Solo 1]
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[Verse 2]
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  You may be Saturday's child all grown
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  Moving with a pinch of grace
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  You may be a clown in the burying ground
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  Or just another pretty face

[Chorus]
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 You may be the fate of Ophelia
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Sleeping and perchance to dream
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   Honest to the point of recklessness
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  Self centered to the extreme

[Solo 2]
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[Verse 3]
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  Ain't nobody messing with you but you
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  Your friends are getting most concerned
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  Loose with the truth
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Maybe it's your fire
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  But baby... don't get burned

[Chorus]
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 When the smoke has cleared, she said
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 That's what she said to me
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   You're going to want a bed to lay your head
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  And a little sympathy

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[Interlude]
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 There are things you can replace
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 And others you cannot
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 The time has come to weigh those things
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 This space is getting hot
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  You know this space is getting hot

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[Verse 4]
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  I told Althea
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I'm a roving sign
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  That I was born to be a bachelor
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  Althea told me: Ok that's fine
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  So now I'm out trying to catch her

[Chorus]
A                          C#m
 Can't talk to you without talking to me
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We're guilty of the same old thing
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   Thinking a lot about less and less
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  And forgetting the love we bring

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[Fade Out]
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