Verse 1:
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   Light struck from the lemon tree
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   What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?
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   Lemon yoghurt, remember I pulled at your shirt
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   I dropped the ashtray on the floor
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   I just wanted to be near you

Verse 2:
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   Emerald Park, wonders never cease
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   The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name
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   Like a Father he led community water on my head
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   And he called me “Subaru”
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   And now I want to be near you

Verse 3:
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   Since I was old enough to speak I've said it with alarm
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   Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
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   Where you hid your cigarettes
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   No I’ll never forget
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   I just want to be near you

Verse 4:
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   Still I pray to what I cannot see
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   In the sprinkler I mark the evidence known from the start
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   From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess
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   Far away the falcon flew
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   Now I want to be near you

Verse 5:
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   What’s left is only bittersweet
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   For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me
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   Now I’m drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away
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   What’s the point of singing songs
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   If they’ll never even hear you?