Capo 3 (Chords at bottom)

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It was raining

         
 hard in Frisc

 
o 

             
I needed one m

         
ore fare to ma

        
ke my night

          
A lady up ahea

            
d waved to fla

     
g me down 

            
She got in at 

                     
the light

             
Where you goin

        
g to my Lady B


lue

             
It’s a shame y

         
ou ruined your

          
 gown in the r

    
ain

           
She just looke

/           
d out the wind

    
ow

             
She said, "16 

       
Parkside Lane.

"

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Something abou

          
t her was fami

      
liar

             
I could swear 

           
I seen her fac

            
e before

             
But she said, 

          
"I’m sure you’

              
re mistaken."

             
And she didn’t

             
 say anything 

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more. 

              
It, took a whi

           
le but she loo

/           
ked in the mir

     
ror 

             
Then she glanc

          
ed at the lice

             
nse for my nam

   
e

             
A smile seemed

          
 to come to he

          
r slowly. 

             
It was a sad s

            
mile just the 

      -  - 
same

             
And she said, 

              
"How are you, 


Harry?" 

            
I said, "How a

               
re you, Sue?

             
Through the to

              
o many miles a

             
nd the too lit

   
tle smiles 

       
I still rememb

         
er you."

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It was somewhe

          
re in a fairy 


tale 

             
I used to take

          
 her home in m

       
y car

             
We learned abo

          
ut love in the

             
 back of a Dod

   
ge, 

             
The lesson had

             
n’t gone too f

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ar

             
You see, she w

              
as gonna be an

 
 actress 

             
And I was gonn

               
a learn to fly

             
She took off t

           
o find the foo

tlights, 

            
I took off to 

           
find the sky. 

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Oh, I've got s

omething insid

e me 

           
To drive the p

         
rincess blind

           
There’s a wild

    
 man wizard he

/        
’s hiding in m

/ 
e 

             
Illuminating m

  
y mind


I got somethin

g inside me 

           
Not what my li

             
fe’s about

        
’Cause I been 

    
letting my out

     
side tide me 

         
Over ’til my t

        
ime runs out. 

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Baby’s so high

            
 that she’s sk


ying 

           
Yeah she’s fly

              
ing, but afrai

     
d to fall 

             
And I’ll tell 

         
you why Baby’s

   
 crying 

             
’Cause she’s d

            
ying, aren’t w

        
e all? 


             
There was not 

          
much more for 

             
us to talk abo

    
ut 

           
Whatever we ha

/           
d once was gon

    
e. 

             
So I turned th

          
e cab into the

          
 driveway

             
Past the gate 

             
and the fine t

                - 
rimmed lawns

             
And she said, 

    
"We must get t

ogether." 

             
But I knew it’

          
d never be arr

        - 
anged. 

             
And she handed

           
 me twenty dol

            
lars for a two

       
-fifty fare 

             
She said, "Har

      
ry, keep the c

hange."

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Well another m

an might have 

been angry 

And another man might have been hurt 

But another man never would have let her go 

             
I stashed the 

             
bill in my shi

    -  -  - 
rt. 

             
And she walked

           
 away in silen

ce 

             
It’s strange h

             
ow you never k

     
now 

             
But we’d both 

              
gotten what we

        
’d asked for 

          
Such a long, l

            -  - 
ong time ago

         
You see, she w

             
as gonna be an

      
 actress 

             
And I was gonn

              
a learn to fly

         
She took off t

             
o find the foo

       
tlights

            
I took off to 

              -  -  - 
find the sky

             
And here she’s

          
 acting happy,

 

             
Inside her han

            
dsome home 

             
And me I’m fly

          
ing in my taxi

            
Taking tips an

         
d getting ston

ed

            
I go flying so

             
 high when I’m

         - 
 stoned