Brilliant Disguise
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Brilliant Disguise
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I hold you in my arms as the band plays
What are those words whispered baby, just as you turned away?
I saw you last night out at the edge of town.
I want to read your mind just to know what i've got in this new thing i've found.
So tell me what i see when i look in your eyes.
Is that you baby, or just a brilliant disguise?
I heard somebody call your name from underneath our willow.
I saw something tucked in shame underneath your pillow.
Well i´ve tried so hard baby, but i just cannot see
What a woman like you could possibly want with a man like me.
So tell me what i see when i look in your eyes.
Is it you baby, or just a brilliant disguise?
Now you play the loving woman i´ll play the faithful man.
But just don´t look too closely in the palm of my hand.
We stood at the altar the gypsy swore our future was right.
But come the wee wee hours well maybe baby the gypsy lied.
So when you look at mei, well look hard and look twice.
Is that me baby, or just a brilliant disguise?
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