St. Dominic's Preview

Shammy [chamois] cleaning all the windows
 Singing songs about Edith Piaf's soul
 And I hear blue strains of 'no regrets'
 Across the street from Cathedral Notre Dame
 Meanwhile back in San Francisco
 We're trying hard to make this whole thing blend
 As we sit upon this jagged
 Storey block, with you my friend
 And it's a long way to Buffalo
 It's a long way to Belfast city too
 And I'm hoping the choice won't blow the hoist
 'Cos this town, they bit off more than they can chew
 As we gaze out on
 as we gaze out on
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 as we gaze out on
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 All the orange boxes are scattered
 Against the Safeway's supermarket in the rain
 and everybody feels so determined
 Not to feel anyone else's pain
 (You know that) No one's making no commitments
 To anybody but themselves
 Hidin' behind closed doorways
 Tryin' to get outside
 Outside of empty shells
 And for every cross-cuttin' country corner
 For every Hank Williams railroad train that cried
 And all the chains, badges, flags and emblems
 And Evert strain on every brain and every eye
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 As we gaze out on
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 And the restaurant tables are completely covered
 The record company has paid out for the wine
 You got everything in the world you ever wanted
 Right about now your face should wear a smile
 That's the way it all should happen
 When you're in,
 when you're in the state you're in
 You've got your pen and notebook ready
 I think it's about time, time for us to begin
 And we're over in a 52nd Street apartment
 Socializing with the wino few
 Just to be hip and get wet with the jet set
 But they're flying too high to see my point of view
 As we gaze out on
 As we gaze out on
 As we gaze out on
 As we gaze out on
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 See them freedom marching
 Out on the street, freedom marching
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