With your eyes made up and your dress see through,
With your heart so big it don t know what to do.
You re my favourite thing my sweet cavalier,
You have saved my life; I got to leave you here.

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Oh Virginia, no one can warn you.
Oh Virginia, I have tried to.
When the winter comes, how the cold moves through,
Oh Virginia, no one can warn you.

I cannot explain how you should begin.
I can t give you word, it won t all cave in.
There s no good way home, there s no place to rest,
There s no room down here for a pretty mess.

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You don t know it yet with your brand new kiss,
You don t want to stay here and live like this.
The worst I could do, oh, what would I be,
If I kept for mine something better than me.

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