...but There's Never A Rose Lyrics - Tom Waits

over here the ladies all waltz with perfume 

but there's never a rose 

and over there the roses are frightened to bloom 

so they never can grow 

and over here they need wool 

for weaving their baby's new clothes 

but nobody has any wool 

and the sheep are all lost in the harbour 

lost in the harbour 

and over here they want diamonds to wear 

but there aren't any here 

and over there everyone's hiding their tears 

but they're crying inside 

and the wall won't come down 

till they're no longer afraid of themselves 

and if you don't believe me ask the elves 

and then I can come down to the harbour 

down to the harbour 

and then I will fill the ocean back up with my tears 

I still have a couple more years 

and then I can come back to the harbour 

down to the harbour 

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