Come Away, Melinda
Hellerman, Minkoff / Uriah Heep: Very 'eavy, Very 'umble (1970)
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| Daddy, | daddy, come and look! | See what | I have found |
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| A little ways | away from here, |
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| While d | igging in the ground. |
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| Come a | way Melinda. | Come in and | close the door. |
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| It's nothing, | just a picture book | they had before | the war. |
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| Daddy, | daddy, come and see! | Daddy | come and look! |
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| Why there's four or | five little Melinda girls |
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| Inside | my picture book. |
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| Come a | way Melinda. | Come in and | close the door. |
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| There were lots | of little girls like you | before they had | the w | ar |
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| Oh daddy, | daddy, come and see! | Daddy | hurry do! |
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| Why there's som | eone in a pretty dress, |
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| She's all grown | up like you. Won't you | tell me why? |
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| Come a | way Melinda. | Come in and c | lose the door. |
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| That som | eone is your mommy | you | had before the | war. |
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| Daddy, d | addy, | tell me | if you can. |
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| Why can't things be | the way they were | be | fore the war began? |
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| Come a | way Melinda. | Come in and c | lose the door. |
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| The answer lies | in yesterday | before they had the | war. |