Intro
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[Verse 1]
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there lived a princess of the woods
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she thought she lived alone
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she walked with fair skin
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on her head wine red hair did flow
[Chorus]
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the birds were flying
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and bells were ringing in the distant sky
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the owl said
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you know its time to die
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so why not you and I
[Verse 2]
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she sat at tables made of glass
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and drank from a silver spoon
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the absinthe carved its secret path
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as it burned, a flower bloomed
[Chorus 2]
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the autumn came
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she sought for her sleep and gazed up to the sky
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an elf did sing
A G#7
if you climb this highest tree
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I’ll sing you a lullaby
[Bridge]
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[Chorus 3]
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and so she climbs
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each moss step with moonlit rose
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and blackberry stems
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to a bed of stars
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where she lays her body down
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only with him
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and the silver sea
A G#7
where I saw swans with deep set wings
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staring at me
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and the owl said
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you know it’s time to die
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so why not you and I
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[Verse 3]
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there lived a princess of the woods
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she thought she lived alone
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she found her life inside a song
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& so she made it home
[Outro]
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