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*kind of play with hammering on and off of the high e string

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one burning afternoon under the waxing jurisdiction of the harvest moon.
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we took a right and we went far away and
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i remember it as though it were yesterday.
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at the pet store.

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the stereo played songs we both knew and
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i reached my arm around and touched you.
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i felt the sun burning into me and
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i knew we'd find the physic for my malady
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at the pet store.

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you hair caught the sunlight as you opened the door
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and i'd never seen your hair looking quite that way before.
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i heard the parakeets punctuate the moment with their
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shrieks and cries.
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i saw the reptile cages reflected in your blue eyes.
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their green bodies conspiring therein
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to form a separate universe where it was no sin 
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to want what i wanted right then and there in the pet store.

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