Astronomy
by Blue Oyster Cult · posted by ,,,
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- bbb or '''
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The clock strikes twelve, the moondrops burst-5 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 5
Out at you from their hiding place5 5-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -4
Like acid and oil on a madman's face4 -5 -5 5 4 -4 5 5
His reason tends to fly away-5 5 -5 5 -5 4 4
Like lesser birds on four winds5 5 -5 5 -4 5
Like silver scrapes in May5 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -4
And now the sand's become a crust-5 -5 5 4 -4 5 5
Most of you have gone away
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Come Susie dear, let's take a walk-5 -5 5 4-4 5 5
Just out there upon the beach5 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6
I know you'll soon be married-4 4 -5 -5 5 4 -4 5 5
And you'll want to know where winds come from-5 -5 5 -5 5 -5 4
But it's never said at all-5 5 5 -5 5 -4 5
On the map that Carrie reads5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -4
Behind the clock back there you know-5 -5 5 4 -4
At the Four Winds Bar
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Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
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Four winds at the Four Winds Bar-7 -7 -6 7 -6 -6 -6
Two doors locked and windows barred-6 -6 -6 7 -6 -6 -6
One door left to take you in-6 -7 -7 -7 7 -6 -6 -6
The other one just mirrors it
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Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
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In Hellish glare and inference-6 -7-7 -7 7 -6 -6 -6
The other one's a duplicate-6 -6 -6 -6 7-6-6 -6
The Queenly flux, eternal light-7 -7 -7 7 -6 -6 -6
Or the light that never warms-7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 76 -6
Yes the light that never, never warms-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6
Or the light that never6 -5 6
Never warms6 -5 6
Never warms6 -5 6 5
Never warms
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The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst-5 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 5
Out at you from their hiding place5 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -4
Miss Carrie nurse and Susie dear4 -5 -5 5 4 -4 5 5
Would find themselves at Four Winds Bar
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It's the nexus of the crisis-5 5 5-5-5 -4 5
And the origin of storms5 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -4
Just the place to hopelessly-5 -5 -5 5 4 4 -4 5
Encounter time and then came me
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Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
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Call me Desdinova-7 6 6 -6
Eternal light-6 -6 -6 -6 -7 -6
These gravely digs of mine-6 -7 -7 -7 -6 7
Will surely prove a sight-6 -6 -6 -6 -7 -6
And don't forget my dog-7 -7 -7 6 -6
Fixed and consequent-6 -6- 6 -6 -6 -6
Astronomy...a star (x2)
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Astronomy...a star (x2)