I've got those Queen Elizabeth Blues and I think I'm read-y for bed
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Song Cycle by Richard Pearson Thomas (b. 1957)
1. Windsor: The Queen Elizabeth Blues
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This mornin' 'bout ten, Missus Birney come into the shop lookin' like a shark
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My Vienna was the city of youth where every day started anew
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Bags under my eyes, rags for my clothes, black and blue thighs
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You were so delightful. I remember laughing how many times? at your naivete
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We rise every morning with the sun and go to mass a little sleepy (and a little hungry too.)
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I don't know how to love. I never have. I never will. I've always been one to run
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Tractors! I have it up to here with tractors. Every day a new problem
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Before the war there was a Jewish woman worked for my father. We became lovers
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They call me Spider Legs because I'm quick and exciting!
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I left you in Florence in December. As you slept I stole into the night
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