| It was 1927
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| Had the world at my feet
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| A pretty girl on each arm
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| My family was so proud of me
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| I built a lot of buildings
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| Tore half of 'em down
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| One by one
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| They all crumbled just like me
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| But like a storm in a teacup
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| Like a smile sent down from heaven
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| Madge, I loved you then
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| And I love you now
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| We ate in the finest restaurants
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| Had the wealthiest friends
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| Most of them are gone now
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| No one left to say, «I knew you when»
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| It seems so long since I’ve remembered
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| The girl I used to know
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| She never saw any of my money
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| But she watched it come and go
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| Like a storm in a teacup
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| Like a smile sent down from heaven
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| Madge I loved you then
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| And I love you now
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| They call this place «Sunnyside»
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| But I ain’t seen the sun
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| In a long, long time
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| And my hands don’t seem too steady now
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| But they’re still holding onto you
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| Madge, she’s probably married now
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| In a nice white house
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| And me I just sit here in my room
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| Quiet as a mouse
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| But I got my TV turned up loud
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| I’m not going to hear myself retreat
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| If only I’d have kept her
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| I’d have stayed on my feet
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| Like a storm in a teacup
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| Like a smile sent down from heaven
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| Madge I loved you then and I love you now… |