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Intro: F
#1.
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The night was black, rain fallin' down..looked for
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my baby, she's nowhere around.
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Traced her footsteps down to the shore, 'fraid she's
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gone forever more.
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I looked at the sea and it seemed to say, I took your
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baby, from you, away.
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I heard a voice cryin' in the deep..come join me, baby,
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in my endless sleep.
#2.
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Why did we quarrel, why did we fight..why did I leave
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her alone tonight?
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That's why her footsteps ran into the sea, that's why
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my baby has gone from me.
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I looked at the sea and it seemed to say, I took your
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baby, from you, away.
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I heard a voice cryin' in the deep..come join me, baby,
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in my endless sleep.
#3.
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Ran in the water, heart full of fear, there in the
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breakers I saw her near.
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Reached for my darlin', held her to me, stole her
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from the angry sea.
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I looked at the sea and it seemed to say, you took your
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baby, from me, away.
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My heart cried out, she's mine to keep!!
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I saved my baby from an endless sleep.
OUTRO:
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Endless sleep..endless sleep..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
Written by Dolores Nance/Jody Reynolds