Cheryl's Going Home by John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett
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The thunder cracks against the night,
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The dark explodes with a yellow light,
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The railroad sign is flashing bright,
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The people stare but I don't care,
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My flesh is cold against my bones, and Cheryl's going home
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Can you hear me shouting in the rain?
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Is there a way to stop the train?
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I've got some reasons to explain, about the way I was today
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The whistle moans and I'm alone, and Cheryl's going home
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Send a roving special down the line,
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I'm running desperately behind,
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There's only one thing on my mind,
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As the rain and tears are in my eyes,
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The things I have to say will not be known, and Cheryl's going home
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She's going home tonight ok, I'm running down the train tracks,
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Lost because she's gone away, oh yeah, Cheryl baby I love you
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And all the things you've ever done for me that's true.
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Then I see that look in your eyes, my God I'm sad now, paralysed
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You're going away, I'd hope you were gonna say
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I'm so sad you're going away, 'cause that train, that bloody train
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Is going chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff down the track,
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It's going chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff down the track,
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And Cheryl is going home, Cheryl is going home, Cheryl is going home tonight
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The thunder cracks against the night, the dark explodes with a yellow light
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The railroad sign is flashing bright, the people stare but I don't care
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My flesh is cold against my bones, and darling Cheryl's going home
