Chancellor Tabulatur von Gordon Downie (für Baryton)

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Seconds from pajamas I must first open all the doors
and the windows
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and invite the vampire in to be one of us.
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Then, in the guise of cool air, in the softer hours,
he's there, sitting, talking
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in the voice of your mother
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about leaving one good party for another
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and the night of a thousand missteps
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and the loss that made him dogged
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or it could have been the doggedness
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that caused the loss in the first place, I guess.
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I'm discovering uses for you I thought I'd never find.
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I could've made chancellor without you on my mind.

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Crazy daisies and wooden stars,
the threat of oxygen on Mars,
marching armies in the night
smiling strangers riding by on bikes.
Children smoking, sloganeers on mics,
just a few things most vampires don't like.
I'm discovering uses for you I thought I'd never find.
I could've made chancellor without you on my mind.
Before the dawning's first light
I must first close up all the doors and the windows
and try to trap that cool air to be one with us.

I'm discovering uses for you I thought I'd never find.
I could've made chancellor without you on my mind.