| In the hall lights flicker hum
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| With her buckles still undone
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| She hides beneath her blue trench coat
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| Gaze so soft, yet so remote
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| In that dusty uniform
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| The outline of her lovely form
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| And more than once I’ve brushed her hand
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| Passing on the stairs
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| In the hall lights flicker hum
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| His dark lashes always hung
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| With a look so weary and so wise
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| When he passes he gentley sighs
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| In his work-worn boots he leans
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| And I wonder what it means
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| Whatever does it mean
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| Passing on the stairs
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| Up the stairs every night
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| Up the stairs seven flights
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| And down she goes into the night
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| Down my stairs and out of sight
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| Who is she with that misty look
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| Every night a different book
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| With the scent of violets in her hair
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| Who’s this angel on my stairs
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| A distant time comes back to me
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| The wild reeds, the salty sea
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| My father calling 'don't go far'
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| I gathered sea glass in a jar
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| And built a castle with a mote
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| As the wind blew sand into my hair
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| In the rustling of your over coat
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| Passing on the stairs
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| Up the stairs every night
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| Up the stairs seven flights
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| And down she goes into the night
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| Down my stairs and out of sight
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| And I wonder if she thinks of me
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| Is it just a boyish fantasy
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| Speak dear lady won’t you speak
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| Can’t you tell you make me meek
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| So in silence once more we pass
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| Another night I walk on glass
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| And I dream that she thinks of me
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| Passing on the stairs
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| And I wonder if he thinks of me
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| If this could be our destiny
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| Oh haven’t you a word for me
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| If only you’d misplace your key
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| So in silence once more we pass
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| Another night I walk on glass
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| And how I dream he thinks of me
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| And our passing on the stairs
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| Up the stairs every night
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| Up he climbs seven flights
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| And down she goes into the night
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| Down my stairs and out of sight
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| Up the stairs every night
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| Up the stairs seven flights
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| And down she goes into the night
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| Down my stairs and out of sight
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| Down my stairs and out of sight |