THE DAY I MET MARIE (INTRO) (SAMPLE)
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1. Imagine a still summer' s day,
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when nothing is moving, least of all me.
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I lay on my back in the hay,
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the warm sun was soothing, it made me feel good,, the day I met Marie.
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2. The sound of the whispered "Hallo"
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came tip-toeing softly,, into my head.
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I opened my eyes kind of slow,
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and there she was smiling, and made-me feel-good, the day I met
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Marie, with her laughing eyes she tossed her hair,
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and tantalized she came to touch me,
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then she'd gone just like the summer breeze. (=Instr. refrain)
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I remember her tears so soft on my brow, and the way that she said, ~
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"Baby, go to sleep now, baby, go to sleep now."
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3. I woke with the chill in the air,the warm sun no longer hung in the sky.
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I reached out but she was not there,~~
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she'd gone where she came from, but~ I still feel good
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to think I've known
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Marie, with her laughing eyes she tossed her hair,
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and tantalized she came to touch me,
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then she'd gone just like the summer breeze. (=Instr. refrain)
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She came because she came , she’d gone like the summer breeze