Cecily

Smith
Composer

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The war was over, I was living with my folks

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So we take our seats her hands were folded in her lap
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I yelled up stairs, "Hey ma' I'm off to grab some smokes"

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If not a kiss then I at least will get a nap
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And my father called "Why you need to smoke so late?" I lied I had a date
So I close my eyes as the orchestra begins Then I her violins

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Free from my folk's en slave ment

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And the hair on my neck was ri sing

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Skippin' a long the pa ve ment To see a bru nette who I never met

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A feeling new and sur pri sing But it wasn't the sound that made my heart pound

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How she stuck out her
But I never would forget  how she looked in that dress
And that's where it
No, it was because I found her hand was in mine

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hand and said "My name is Cecily Smith and I  hope you like
will stay until they play the final chord She says, "Were  you