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	Current version of This Mortal Coil Lyrics My Father (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/this-mortal-coil/my-father/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of This Mortal Coil Lyrics My Father (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/this-mortal-coil/my-father/v1.htm...) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	My father always promised me						My father always promised us that	1
2	That we would live in France						we would live in France.	2
	We'd go boating on the Seine						We'd go boating on the Seine
3	And I would learn to dance						and I would learn to dance.	3
4							We lived in Ohio then.	4
5	We lived in Ohio then						He worked in the mines.	5
6	He worked in the mines						All his dreams, like boats	6
7	On his dreams like boats, we knew						we knew We'd sail in time.	7
8	We'd sail in time						My sister's all grew up and went away,	8
9							to Denver and Cheyenne.	9
10	My sister's all grew up and went away						Marrying their grown       up dreams,	10
11	To Denver and Cheyenne						the lilacs and the man.	11
12	Marrying their grownup dreams						I stayed behind, the youngest	12
13	The lilacs and the man						still only danced alone.	13
14							Hoping...	14
15	I stayed behind the youngest still						Hoping...	15
16	Only danced alone, hoping, hoping						that my father's dreams would	16
17	That my father's dreams would someday						someday take me home.	17
18	Take me home						I live in Paris now, my	18
19							children dance and dream.	19
20	I live in Paris now						Hearing the ways of a miner's life,	20
21	My children dance and dream						In words they never say.	21
22	Hearing the ways           of a miner's life						I sail my memories of home,	22
23	In words they've never seen						Like boats across the Seine.	23
24							And watch my father's eyes...	24
25	I sail my memories of home						watching the setting sun...	25
26	Like boats across the Seine						set in my father's eyes again	26
1	And watch my father's eyes							1
2	Watching the setting sun							2
3	Set in my father's eyes again							3

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