Intro
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[Verse 1]
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'Tis the last rose of summer, left blooming all alone
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All her lovely companions are faded and gone
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To reflect back her blushes or give sigh for sigh
[Verse 2]
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I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, to pine on the stem
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Since the lonely are sleeping, go sleep thou with them
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Thus kindly I scatter thy leaves o'er the bed
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Where thy mates of__ the garden lie scentless and dead
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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So soon may I follow when friendships decay
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And from love's shining circle the gems drop away
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When true hearts lie withered and fond ones are flown__
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Oh, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
[Outro] (repeat and fade)
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