down the waterline

DOWN THE WATERLINE

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1.                     Sweet surrender      on the quay side,
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    you remember     we used to run and hide.
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    In the shadows of cargoes, I take you on time, 
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    counting all the numbers, down to the waterline.

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2.    Near misses on the dogleap stairways,
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    French kisses in the darkened doorways.
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    Foghorn blowing out wild and cold,
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    a policeman shines a light upon my shoulder.       
  
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3. Up comes a coaster, fast and silent in the night,
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    over my shoulder, all you can see are pilot lights.
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    No money in our jackets and jeans are torn,
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    your hands are cold, but your lips are warm.

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4. She can see you in the jetty where you used to go,
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    she can see you in the places where the sailors go.
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   When she's walking down the river on the railway line,
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    she can still hear you whisper : Lets go down to the water line.
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    Come on !