Intro : D G D
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if we were children i would bake you a mud pie
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warm and brown beneath the sun
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never learned to climb a tree but i would try
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just to show you what i'd done
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oh what i wouldn’t do
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if i had you , babe , i had you
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oh what i wouldn't do
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if i had you , babe
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if i were old , my dearest , you would be older
but i would crawl upon your lap
wrap a blanket round our frail little shoulders
and i’d die happily like that
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oh what i wouldn't do
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if i had you , babe , i had you
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oh what i wouldn’t do
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if i had you , babe , if i had you
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so lace your hands round the small of my back and i will kiss you like a king
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i will be your bride , i’ll keep you warm at night
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i will sing , i will sing
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it was now and we were both in the same place
didn’t know how to say the words
with my heart ticking like a bomb in a birdcage
i left before someone got hurt
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oh what i wouldn’t do
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if i had you , babe , i had you
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oh what i wouldn’t do
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if i had you , babe , if i had you