St Stephen

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Saint Stephen with a rose
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In and out of the garden he goes
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Country garland in the wind and the rain
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Wherever he goes,
the people all complain

[Verse 2]
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Stephen prospered in his time
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Well he may and he may decline
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Did it matter? Does it now?
Stephen would answer if he only knew how

[Instrumental]
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 Aah!
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[Verse 3]
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Wishing well with a golden bell
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Bucket hanging clear to Hell
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Hell halfway 'twixt now and then
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Stephen fill it up and lower down
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And lower down again

[Bridge]
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Ladyfinger  dipped in moonlight
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Writing "What for?" across the morning sky
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Sunlight splatters  dawn with answers
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Darkness shrugs and bids the day good-bye
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Speeding arrow, sharp and narrow
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What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned
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Several seasons  with their treasons
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Wrap the babe in scarlet covers,
call it your own

[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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Did he doubt or did he try?
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Answers aplenty in the bye and bye
Talk about your plenty,
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talk about your ills
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One man gathers what another man spills

[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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Saint Stephen will remain
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All he's lost he shall regain
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Seashore washed by the suds and foam
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Been here so long he's got to calling it home

[Outro]
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Fortune comes a-crawling, Calliope woman
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Spinning that curious sense of your own
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Can you answer? Yes I can
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But what would be the answer to the answer man?

[Instrumental Outro]
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