Irene

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[Chorus]
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Hey, Ire - - - e - - - - ene
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Remember that club where you used to sing?
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Red lampshades in the booths
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Men whispering untruths
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Well, they tore it down in the spring

[Verse 1]
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  And I still remember your voice
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  I see the band playing up there on the stand
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  And all the smoke in the light
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  The music loud and the faces in the crowd

[Chorus]
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Was it a drea - - ea - - - eam?
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I heard that you moved out of range
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Was it something you'd outgrown?
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Needed something of your own?
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I guess, well, everyone's entitled to a change

[Verse 2]
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  The crowd has grown older too
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  But some of them, they still want a piece of you
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  They yearn for some golden age
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  The time that they first heard you from the stage

[Bridge]
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New Year's Day
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The snow was so thick but everybody came
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For the songs that you sang
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The whole glittering shebang
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Oh, I see it all when I hear your name

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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  Last night I walked there again
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  The neon city always ageless and unsung
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  The bars spilled onto the street
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  The music loud, different faces in the crowd

[Chorus]
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Hey, Ire - - - e - - - - ene
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      Where have we been?
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Hey, Ire - - - e - - - - ene
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      You were a queen
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Hey, Ire - - - e - - - - ene
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      Where have we been?
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