Tears of Hercules

So it goes
 History shows
 Deserts must expand
 Camels sail like wooden ships
 Like women down the Strand
 There's sand on 2nd Avenue
 Wind blows like a train
 Taxis line up like a string of pearls
 Around the block again
 I remembered everything
 And every window pane
 Every word came back to me
 And I was Superman
 But then I saw your face across the street
 Through the tears of Hercules
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 There's a bus that leaves at 8:15
 And another one at 10
 Should I climb aboard, risk everything
 And ride it to the end?
 Watch the hills like rollercoasters
 Up against the sky
 And wish that you were here by me
 So close that I could die
 You said, "Love wrecks everything
 And none of us survive"
 But I got over you tonight
 Inside this empty dive
 'Til I saw your face across the street
 Through the tears of Hercules
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 I remembered everything
 And every window pane
 Every word came back to me
 And I was Superman
 'Til I saw your face across the street
 Through the tears of Hercules
 Through the tears of Hercules