[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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At fifteen we had to leave the States again
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Dad was stationed at an RAF base they called Mildenhall
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Black moss on a busted wall
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The cobblestones made it hard to skate
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I thought my flattop was so new wave
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Until it melted away in the Suffolk rain
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Well god damn, you miss the USA
[Chorus]
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Then a kid in class passed me a tape
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An invitation, not the hand of fate
[Verse 2]
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I guess my shoes said I might relate
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Somehow she knew I'd like to stay up waiting with her in the cold
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For cheap beer and rock 'n roll
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Which in time put lots of things in my mind
[Chorus]
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A kid in class passed me a tape
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We saw some bands down at the corn exchange
[Verse 3]
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I wonder where my sister was that night
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Back at home under the tanning bed lights
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I can still see the glow
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Strange rays from her window
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Each night, as I was skating home
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Started messing with my dad's guitar
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Taught me some chords just to start me off
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Whittling away on those rainy days
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And that's how we get to where we are now
[Chorus]
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A kid in class passed me a tape
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A band called The Jesus and the Mary Chain
[Verse 4]
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I Started messing with my dad's guitar
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Taught me some chords just to start me off
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Whittling away on those rainy days
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And that's how we get to where we are now
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And that's how we get to where we are now
[Outro]
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