SOUTHERN CROSS

(Steven Stills, Richard Curtis, Michael Curtis)

 

Intro:

 

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Got out of town on a boat going to southern islands sailing a reach before a following sea

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She was making for the trades on the outside and the downhill run to Papeete

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Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas we got eighty feet of waterline nicely making way

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In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you but on midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away

 

 

 

CHORUS:

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Think about how many times I have fallen spirits are using me larger voices calling

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What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten I have been around the world

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Looking for that woman girl who knows love can endure and you know it will and you know it will

 

 

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When you see the Southern Cross for the first time you understand now why you came this way

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Cause the trust you might be running from I so small it’s as big as the promise the promise of coming day

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So I’m sailing for tomorrow my dreams are a dying and my love is an anchor tied to you tied with a silver

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chain, I have my ship and all my flags are a flying she is all that I have left and music is her name

 

 

REPEAT CHORUS  

 

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So we cheated and we lied and we tested and we never failed to fail it was the easiest thing to do

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You will survive being bested but somebody fine will come along make me forget about loving you in the

 

Southern Cross

 

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