Laurie (1965)     (video)

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1. Last night at the dance I met Laurie,

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so lovely and warm, an angel of a girl.

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Last night I fell in love with Laurie,

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strange things happen in this world.

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2. As I walked her home she said it was her birthday,

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I pulled her close and said, "Will I see you anymore ?"

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Then suddenly she asked for my sweater,

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and said that she was very, very cold.

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+ I kissed her goodnight at her door and started home,

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then thought about my sweater and went right back instead.

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I knocked at her door and a man appeared

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I told why I'd come, then he said :

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3. You're wrong, son, you weren't with my daughter.

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How can you be so cruel to come to me this way ?

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My Laurie left this world on her birthday,

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she died a year ago today.

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4. A strange force drew me to the graveyard

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I stood in the dark, I saw the shadows wave.

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And then I looked and saw my sweater

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lying there upon her grave.

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Strange things happen in this world !

(orig. = capo 5th) (Dicky Lee)