Wedding in Finistère

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I was booked for a wedding on the coast of Finistère
 After the rehearsal I took a walk down to the harbor
 They say, "This is where the world ends"
 Or maybe where it's beginning
 Out on the pier sat the bride on the rail smoking
 I wasn't sure if she wanted to talk
 But she nodded and waved me in
 Her eyes were on the horizon
 I asked how she was feeling
 She said, "Like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
 Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
 Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
 Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing"
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 Is this where the world ends?
 Or is it where it's beginning?
 You open one door to find all the other doors closing
 I said, "Marry and regret it
 Don't marry, regret it too
 Whether you marry or you don't
 Either way you'll wish you hadn't
 We laughed and she dried a tear
 We walked back to the town front
 And later that night I sang "You Are the Light"
 We all danced and got drunk
 I felt like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
 Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
 Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
 Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing
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 Oh, please, distract me
 From every life unlived
 Every path I haven't taken
 The heart's still a little kid
 A scared little five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
 Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
 Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
 Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds
 Five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
 Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
 Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
 Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing
 

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Duration
03:24
Key
5
Tempo
125 BPM

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