Mandarin Oranges

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[Verse 1]
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At a table in Juarez a woman 
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named Dolores is drinking
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I see the tear in her eye and I 
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like to pretend what she's thinking
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She's dreaming of Goimar and a 
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cottage for two by the sea
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And mandarin oranges and Mexican 
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lemongrass tea


[Verse 2]
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I married Dolores twenty-one 
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years ago, Sunday
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And Dolores she left me twenty-one 
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years ago, Monday
Continúa después del anuncio
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I remember the laughter and the 
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last midnight feast by the sea
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Of mandarin oranges and Mexican 
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lemongrass tea


[Bridge]
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And I think of her often, my 
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friends ask what she means to me
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I say, mandarin oranges and 
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Mexican lemongrass tea


[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Back here in Juarez, I work at 
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my job, waiting tables
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And I long to go speak to her, 
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somehow I don't think I'm able
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But afraid she will know me as I 
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ask her, what shall it be
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She smiles, mandarin oranges and 
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Mexican lemongrass tea


[Bridge]
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We should return to Goimar and the 
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cottage for two by the sea
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And the mandarin oranges and 
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Mexican lemongrass tea