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waves (sweep away my melancholy)
Trashcan Sinatras
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Distraction flying overhead
Above the Tynemouth quay
He wanted to be cast away
On turquoise dreams of me
The Irish farmer's daughter
With a smile as white as sand
He sailed away at the second try
And was never seen again
Sweep away my melancholy
Sweep away my melancholy
Off the coast of Argentina
He foundered far behind
In a race around the world
To find a sainted land
Repairs in Rio Salado
The only way he could win
He waited in the doldrums
Till the world came round to him
The waves
Sweep away
Sweep away my melancholy
Sweep away my melancholy
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Now the wind's died to a whisper
In the Sargasso sea
He wanted to be captain
On the hibernating seas
The sighing of the rigging
As the mercy ends the game
He walked into the ocean
And was never seen again
The rigging sighs a sigh of cosmic sorrow
For weeping doves that die
Maybe tomorrow
The waves
Sweep away
Sweep away my melancholy
Sweep away my melancholy
Sweep away my melancholy
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