June 18, 1976
tab by: jeff lewis ([email protected])
(updated 10.22.02 by Eric I.)
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You were born in KC Missouri
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to a girl who wasn't married
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after your birth she brought you to the nursery
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kissed your head and told you not to worry
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and then quietly she turned and slipped away
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in the elevator her heart began to pound
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to the roof top in her slippers and her gown
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on the edge she took one last look around
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then closed her eyes and pushed away
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speeding toward the ground
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through the air without a sound
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so gracefully
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twelve flights down nearly naked on the ground
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skin and tragedy always attract a crowd
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and so it was when the policeman came around
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he took more than fifty eyewitness accounts
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each one in awe
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for they'd never seen a girl
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so sad and beautiful