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Artist: The Bangles
Canonical path: /the-bangles/dover-beach
Related lyric paths: 6
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Dover Beach
Read Dover Beach lyrics by The Bangles on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Dover Beach
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If I had the time
I would run away with you
To a perfect world
We'd suspend all that is duty or required.
Late last night you cried
And I couldn't come to you
But on the other side
You and I, inseparable and walking.
Yeah, oh woe.
If we could steal away
Like jugglers and thieves
But we could come and go
Oh, and talk of Michaelangelo.
Oh woe.
If we had the time (we had the time)
We had the time.
The day you looked at me
And it was on your mind
The world is no one's dream
We will never ever find the time.
Oh woe.
If we had the time
I would run away with you
To a perfect world
(To a perfect world).
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