Joanne

 
              
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Her name was Joanne 
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And she lived in the meadow by a pond 
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And she touched me for a moment 
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With a look that spoke to me of her sweet love 
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Then the woman that she was drove her on in desperation 
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And I saw as she went a most hopeless situation 
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For Joanne and the man and the times that made them both run 
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She was only a girl 
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I know that well, but still I could not see 
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That the hold that she had 
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Was much stronger than the love she felt for me 
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But staying with her, and my little bit of wisdom 
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Broke down her desires like a light through a prism 
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Into yellows and blues and a tune that I could not have sung 
 
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Though the essence is gone, I have no tears to cry for her 
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And my only thoughts of her are kind 
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Her name was Joanne