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As the twilight was returning and the sun began to fall
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I walked down to the beach front and watched the whitecaps roll
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A flare exploded over the ocean. an orange tear
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Then I saw at the corner of my eye the girl at the end of the pier
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She stood and stared at the brightness, glowing and complete
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In her crinoline and lacing with the wood beneath her feet
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She walked in splinters shedding the salt of a single tear
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Who will fill up the vacuum inside her,
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The girl at the end of the pier
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The toffee apples strewn on the pavement. the candy floss sticks to the tar
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The organ grinders monkeys been freed from enslavement
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He ran beneath the wheels of a family car
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Now the funfair is shut down and the coconut shy is gone
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A carousel spins on regardless and the big wheel creaks and groans
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No-one saw her run to the railing and disappear
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One more drop in an unfeeling ocean, the girl at the end of the pier
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One more drop in an unfeeling ocean, the girl at the end of the pier
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