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VERSE 1:
did i ever…
take you in my arms?
look you in the eye…?
tell you that ‘i do’?
did i ever open up my heart…?
and let you look inside?
REFRAIN 1:
if i never did it…
i was only waiting…
for a ‘better moment’…)
I…that didn’t come…)
there never could be…
a ‘better moment’…
(…than ‘this one’…)
(‘this one’…)
REFRAIN 2: :
the ‘swan is gliding…
…above the ocean…
a ‘god’ is riding upon his ‘back’…
how (/ i’ll?) ‘calm’ the ‘water’…
…and ‘bright’ the ‘rainbow’
(*fade ‘this one’ to ‘black’…)
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(as 9-years-dead lennon mocks ‘macca’ from the ‘grave’…)
(along with his new pals ‘manson’ / ‘harry nilsson’ / ‘keith moon’)
“incorrigible! ‘incorrigible’ i tell ya!”
(“lost causes”)
(“world order”)
((*these lyrics may be some of macca’s best)
(you can safely forget (/ ‘disregard’) the rest…)
“house of ill repute”
“bad reputation”
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VERSE 3:
did i ever touch you on the cheek…?”
“why i…” says ‘george’ to ‘paul’…
(i thought you’d never ask!)
anyway…back to the song:
…say that you were mine…?
thank you for the smile…
did i ever knock upon your door…?
…and try to get inside?
*”you fucking CREEP!”*
(shout out legions)
(cue ‘norman mailer’ on ‘cavett’ show)
(is the ‘double T’ necessary?)
(would you pronounce ‘cavet’ differently than ‘cavett’?)
(or does that mean you should hold out the ‘T’ longer)
(until you run out of ‘vowels’)
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REFRAIN 3:
if i never did it…
…i was only waiting…
for a better moment…
…that didn’t come
I”never came?”)
(“came too late”)
I”closing in”)
there never could be…
a better moment…
…than this one…
(…this one)
REFRAIN 4:
the ‘swan’ is gliding…
…above the ocean…
a god is riding…
…upon his back…
how ‘calm’ the ‘water’…
and ‘bright the rainbow’…
fade this swan to ‘black’…
BRIDGE:
what opportunities did we allow to flow by?
…feeling like like the timing wasn’t quite right?
(what kind of ‘magic’ might have worked if we had stayed calm?)
(couldn’t i have given you a better life?)
VERSE 4:
did you ever take me in your arms…?
look me in the eye…
tell me that you do?
did i ever open up my heart?
let you look inside?
(into “apocalypse now” if they hadn’t done)
(or if they ‘could have done better’)
(‘to my liking’ at least)
(along with ‘paradise lost’…)
(into “we won the war” / “rolling up to heaven” if we ‘had done’)
(even better heaven if we ‘continue to do’)
(or at least “try our best to”)
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REFRAIN 5:
if i never did it…
(…i was only waiting…)
for a better moment…
…that didn’t come…
there never could be…
…a better moment…
than this one…
(…this one)
(into van halen’s “right now”)
(i should try playing that song again)
(we opened with that at my final WH music performance)
(since ‘diganci’ wouldn’t let me play the battiato ‘creed combo’ song i wrote)
(i probably sucked)
REFRAIN 6:
the swan is gliding…above the ocean
a god is riding upon his back
how calm the water and bright the rainbow
fade this swan to black…
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VEEEEEERY CLEVER MACCA!
(so sezosome ‘show biz lesbian’)
(emma b: “so proud!”)
(paul’s words! (not mine))
(“see what he did here, kids?”)
(whispers to friend: “see! ‘this swan” IS “this one”)
(at least in ‘britspeak’)
(not quite ‘americana’)
(paul needed ‘brian wilson’ for that dose)
(along with ‘bob dylan’ for the ‘jewish americana’ angle)
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*SCRAPS*
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