My father

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1. My father always promised us we would live in France,

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we'd go sailing on the Seine and I would learn to dance.

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We lived in Ohio then and he worked in the mines,

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on his streams like boats we knew we would sail in ti…..me.

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2. All my sisters soon were gone to Denver and Cheyenne,

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marrying their grown-up dreams, the lilacs and the man.

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I stayed behind the youngest and only danced alone,

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the colors of my father's dreams faded without a si…….gh.

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3. And now I live in Paris and my children dance and dream,

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hearing the story of a miner's life in words they’ve never seen.

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I sail my memories abold like boats across the Seine,

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and I watch the Paris sun set in my father's eyes again.

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4. My father always promised us we would live in France,

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we'd go sailing on the Seine and I would learn to dance…..

(orig. = capo 1st) (Melanie)