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Elizabeth

Peter Mayer

Morning comes with sleepy eyes
The island girl is slow to rise
Her shutters yawn and awnings sigh
She might just dream all day
There’s a rusty crown set in her hair
A faded coral gown she wears
It makes a stranger stop and stare
Swear they’re gonna stay

Wake up Elizabeth
Make your plans and then forget
That’s my Elizabeth
She’s the girl for me

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Elizabeth Elizabeth Street
You may catch your dream on Elizabeth Street

Madison and Buffalo
Come down for shelter from the snow
For blackened toes and postcard grins
She always takes them in
There’s a treasure in her island ground
And so they come from miles around
They dig it up year by year
And watch it disappear

Hold on Elizabeth
Made of sun ocean breath
That’s my Elizabeth
She’s the one for me

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Her Ladies in waiting come to dine
Catherine, Olivia, Caroline
Those younger girls can’t take our place
They’ll never have that charm and grace

The locals and the island dogs
Just carry on where they left off
Sails and tails luff in the wind
She’s gonna have her way

There’s a bicycle waits in her yard
It’s got a mind to travel north
But the sea winds came to rust my chain
Guess I’ll have to stay
Guess I’ll have to stay…

Chorus