Why Mona Lisa smiled
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1. From
candles burning, shadows in the night,
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people
praying for eternal life,
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but
my mind just keeps on wandering,
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away
from this serene and hallowed place,
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to a
woman's face.
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2. She was lovely, lovely
as a dream,
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she
had the beauty, the beauty of a queen,
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they
say that every man who meets her sooner or later will fall,
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even
me that they call …
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The master of Invention, the painter of our times,
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I can take you round the Heavens and show you how to fly.
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T'was a moment caught forever, there
was something in her eyes,
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but I wish I could remember why
Mona Lisa smiled.
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3. She sat before me, this
woman so divine,
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something
eternal was shining in her eyes,
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oh,
Lisa del Giocondo, you opened up a world of mystery,
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when
you were looking at me.
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The master of Invention, the painter of our times,
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I can take you round the Heavens and show you how to fly.
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T'was a moment caught forever,
there was something in her eyes,
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but I wish I could remember why
Mona Lisa smiled.
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Shame the devil in my heart,
but I can't stop thinking about her,
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and
what she's doing to me, doing to me.
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T'was
a moment of perfection, the canvas never lies,
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but I
wish I could remember why Mona Lisa smiled,
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why
Mona Lisa smiled, why Mona Lisa
smiled,
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why
Mona Lisa smiled.
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Chris de
Burgh)