Strange Are the Ways

Sweet guitar band and cigarettes for me

The guest at the masquerade ball

Cheap penny-dreadfuls and flowers for thee

The heavenly freak in the hall

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Dance Maria all night

For as long as you dance it's alright

cnd dance Maria, dance slow

For tomorrow the singer goes home

Strange are the ways of the world

So Maria sing that sweet country song

Sing it loud and sing it long

Let the forsaken sing along

The crazy hearts will beat as one

We gave flowers for the dead and whisky for the sad

c cane for the cripple and electrodes for the mad

cnd we've hidden from the moonlight for it only shows our faults

But all is well Maria when you dance that pretty waltz

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Neill MacColl