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D Em D
When I was a boy I lived on Poplar St
D Em D
Just a little child with plasters on my knees
D Em D
Watching all the world from high up in the trees
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I saw Mrs Moore sleep around with Mr Keats
Bm D
I feel like a new man
Bm D
Red flowers in my bed
Bm D
Breathe straight through the crisp air
Bm D
Dead flowers in the sand
Bm
I am a true romantic
D
Free falling love addict
Bm
I am a true romantic
G
Free falling love addict, yeah
verse 2
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Mama always called that woman prosti-tits
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For wearing lower cuts than most and red lipstick
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One night Mrs Moore she made her eyes at me
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Pulled me through her door and stuck her teeth in deep
Bm D
I feel like a new man
Bm D
Red flowers in my bed
Bm
Breathe straight through the crisp air
F# G
Dead flowers in the sand
Bm
I am a true romantic
Em
Free falling love addict
Bm
I am a true romantic
F# G
Free falling love addict, yeah
Bridge
F# Bm
And all your days are gone
G
Sitting on the floor
Em
In your underwear
F#
Begging me for more
Bm
And all my days are gone
G
Sitting on the floor
Em
In my underwear
F#
Begging you for more
Bm
I am a true romantic
D
Free falling love addict
Bm
I am a true romantic
Bm G
Free falling love addict, yeah
Outro
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Just another boy who lived on Poplar St
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Tangled up in lust and her exotic needs
A Bm
One night Mrs Moore she called collect to me
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I don't love you anymore she said and ceased to be