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The Fureys - The Lovers - From "The First Leaves of Autumn" album
GSoldiers and dreDams are like loEMvers who cBMome without waCrning
and take yAMou by surCprise when you thAMink you must mCake it alDone
Gbut sooner or laDter their preEMsence it's oBMnly a memCory
but you knAMow that withCout them we'd neDver have roD7lled back the stGonDe.
GMy darling once tDold me that loEMving it's beBMtter than livCing
but I tAMold her surCvival for AMme it's the eaCsier gaDme
I coGuldn't live wiDth her it's nEMow I just caBMn't live withCout her
I thAMought I'd feel difCferent but someDhow I stD7ill feel the GsamDe
GRomeo teDlls me that JuEMliet caBMn't live witChout him
and ApAMhelia's crCazy for HaAMmlet who waCnts to be kDing
and aGway in the disDtance Marc-AntEMhony loBMved CleopCatra
While PoAMrtia sits siClent solilDoquizing D7in the wiGngsD.
GWhile lovers lie sleeDping I fEMind myself trBMavelling towCards you
the wAMind and the rCain is as sAMoft as the sCigh on your faDce
GWhat's ever befDore me is noEMthing to wBMhat I have liCved through
the pAMain, the pasCsion, the lDust, the teD7ars and the lGiesD  
So if loGvers are loDsers then wEMhat price this gBMame we are plaCying?
And wAMhat price the mCan who has AMnot got the moCney to pDay?
When the vGoices and prDayers of the aEMngels were jBMust an illCusion
For the lAMost and the loCnely and thDose who have noD7thing to GsayD.
I just love The Fureys.....this song is possibly one of their lesser
known songs...but it is one of my favourites.  It makes good poetry
even if the album is no longer available.

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Lovers

by The Fureys

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The Fureys - The Lovers - From "The First Leaves of Autumn" album

G D EM BM C

Soldiers and dreams are like lovers who come without warning

AM C AM C D

and take you by surprise when you think you must make it alone

G D EM BM C

but sooner or later their presence it's only a memory

AM C D D7 G D

but you know that without them we'd never have rolled back the stone.

G D EM BM C

My darling once told me that loving it's better than living

AM C AM C D

but I told her survival for me it's the easier game

G D EM BM C

I couldn't live with her it's now I just can't live without her

AM C D D7 G D

I thought I'd feel different but somehow I still feel the same

G D EM BM C

Romeo tells me that Juliet can't live without him

AM C AM C D

and Aphelia's crazy for Hamlet who wants to be king

G D EM BM C

and away in the distance Marc-Anthony loved Cleopatra

AM C D D7 G D

While Portia sits silent soliloquizing in the wings.

G D EM BM C

While lovers lie sleeping I find myself travelling towards you

AM C AM C D

the wind and the rain is as soft as the sigh on your face

G D EM BM C

What's ever before me is nothing to what I have lived through

AM C D D7 G D

the pain, the passion, the lust, the tears and the lies

G D EM BM C

So if lovers are losers then what price this game we are playing?

AM C AM C D

And what price the man who has not got the money to pay?

G D EM BM C

When the voices and prayers of the angels were just an illusion

AM C D D7 G D

For the lost and the lonely and those who have nothing to say.

I just love The Fureys.....this song is possibly one of their lesser

known songs...but it is one of my favourites. It makes good poetry

even if the album is no longer available.

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