Alexandra Leaving

Suddenly the night has grown colder.       
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      The god of love preparing to depart. 
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  Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,          
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       They slip between the sentries of the heart. 
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 Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure,     
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 They gain the light, they formlessly entwine; 
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  And radiant beyond your widest measure        . 
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     They fall among the voices and the wine 
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It’s not a trick, your senses all deceiving,    
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A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust  
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Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.     . 
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Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost 
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   Even though she sleeps upon your satin;          
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     Even though she wakes you with a kiss. 
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  Do not say the moment was imagined;         
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      Do not stoop to strategies like this. 
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      As someone long prepared for this to happen,      
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Go firmly to the window. Drink it in. 
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  Exquisite music. Alexandra laughing.              . 
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    Your firm commitments tangible again 
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And you who had the honor of her evening,         
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And by the honor had your own restored 
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Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving;        
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 Alexandra leaving with her lord. 
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Even though she sleeps upon your satin;      
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Even though she wakes you with a kiss. 
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Do not say the moment was imagined;      
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Do not stoop to strategies like this. 
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  As someone long prepared for the occasion;             
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       In full command of every plan you wrecked 
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  Do not choose a coward’s explanation        
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     that hides behind the cause and the effect. 
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And you who were bewildered by a meaning;        
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Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed 
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Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.       
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Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost. 
              Gm                          C              F 
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.        
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Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost. 
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