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I bought you a book on birds in San Francisco
G C
From a couple of older hippies of the bay
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It was late July
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Their summer of love
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Was a winter in La Plata and Hobart
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Punchline for a joke
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“We melt apart in the snow, man!”
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But had I been there, this wouldn’t change at all
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‘Cause I was watching from the sides
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Now I’m just trynna figure out
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If I had good memory then why would
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I write this all down?
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It was a long hot summer
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In a late December party
G D
And you had a bunch of friends over from school
G
Your grandma was there too
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She gave us cake, then she pushed us in the pool
G D
The taste of vegan appetisers lingered on
G C
You told your mother that I played guitar
G C
But I never had the chance to prove it because your
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Sister’s boyfriend was needing CPR