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[Verse 1]
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The boy from Rye came down on the train
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With his parents and his sister
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Where the summer lawns roll down to the sea
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And the air is softer than a whisper
[Verse 2]
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The girls from school in our summer tans
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Suddenly self conscious and uncertain
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All in a row we arranged ourselves for him
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Waiting to see if we deserved him
[Chorus]
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One too fat, one too thin
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One too many flaws to measure
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Impossible to live inside your skin
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And serve at someone else’s pleasure
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Our parents dozed after tennis and a swim
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And disappeared into their gin and tonics
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And there we were, alone with him
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His smile knowing and ironic
[Chorus]
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One too strong, one too smart
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But none immune to love or summer
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One by one he broke our virgin hearts
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And set us one against the other
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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We dreamed of boys and kisses on the lawn
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We yearned to feel that mystery inside us
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And there we were with the summer nearly gone
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We’d let that mystery divide us
[Chorus]
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I lost you – you lost me
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So long ago we barely can remember
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And the boy from Rye took the train back home
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And the world moved on into September
[Outro]
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