Johnny Flynn - Hong Kong Cemetery

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0There are ten thousand graves in Hong Kong Protestant Cemetery
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1Every one of them says "born and died, and the rest might be history"
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2Walking there I'd cry
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3For my love was there to lie
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4I never knew shame to be so refreshing
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5I'd sing Georgia on my mind, she would be "i'd be regressing"
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8- I'm alright! -
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14Was the day of the boats for the fellas in coats in the Navy
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15They'd be all around, change the face of this town cos they're lazy
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16Nineteen-fifty two
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17was the year that I lost you
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18I was with the soldiers in the school hall
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19Didn't know that you were ill, you didn't seem off
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28Don't go, China show, new so blue so who's aboard the boats these days
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29Some people are fixing the terrible mixing the crew of old whose sailors say
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34Your life might be a mess of lights when you're on your own
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35But the lights you'll see form a line that'll be pointing all the way home
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36I was here before
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37My name was on the door
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38Took a score of years to get to your seat
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39I'll send the next in line, he'll be a clean sheet
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