These Foolish Things
Verse 1
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A cigarette that bears a lipstick´s traces,
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An airline ticket to romantic places,
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And still my heart has wings --
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These foolish things remind me of you.
Verse 2
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A tinkling piano in the next apartment,
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Those stumblin´ words that told you what my heart meant,
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A fairground´s faded swings --
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These foolish things remind me of you.
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You came, you saw, you conquered me;
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When you did that to me,
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I knew somehow this had to be.
Verse 3
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The winds of March that make my heart a dancer,
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A telephone that rings but who´s to answer?
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Oh, how the ghost of you clings --
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These foolish things remind me of you.
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How strange, how sweet, to find you still!
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These things are dear to me;
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They seem to bring you near to me.
Verse 4
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The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations
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Silk stockings thrown aside, dance in-vi-ta-tions
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Oh, how the ghost of you clings --
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These foolish things remind me of you.