| I missed you tonight at the party, oh, oh oh |
| New York ain't the place to feel lonely, oh, oh oh |
| So I left with a stranger who knew me, oh, oh oh |
| She's sleeping beside me now peacefully, oh, oh oh |
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| But in my head, I'm miles away |
| Back on the island again |
| Laying with you, Marianne |
| In my head, rolling round our bed |
| We are an island again |
| I'm Leonard and you're Marianne |
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| Never take me back again |
| 'Cause you know just what you'll get |
| You know just what you'll get |
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| You showed me the bird on the wire, oh, oh oh |
| You gave me my songs and my future, oh, oh oh |
| And I guess you could say that I've taken Manhattan |
| While you're back on Hydra 'n dressed in white cotton, oh, oh oh |
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| But in my head, I'm miles away |
| Back on the island again |
| I'm laying with you, Marianne |
| In my head, rolling round our bed |
| We are an island again |
| I'm Leonard and you're Marianne |
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| Never take me back again |
| 'Cause you know just what you'll get |
| You know just what you'll get |
| I beg you never take me back again |
| 'Cause you know just what you'll get |
| But I go there in my head |
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| At the Chelsea hotel, wasted in the arms of a stranger |
| Every little detail, written in a song that betrays ya |
| At the Chelsea hotel, I'm wasted in the arms of a stranger |
| Every little detail, written in a song to betray ya |
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| In my head, I'm miles away |
| Back on the island again |
| I'm laying with you, Marianne |
| In my head, rolling round our bed |
| We are an island again |
| I'm Leonard and you're Marianne |
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| Never take me back again |
| 'Cause you know just what you'll get |
| You know just what you'll get |
| I beg you never never take me back again |
| 'Cause you know just what you'll get |
| But I got there in my head |
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