I had words with Rudy down on the lot



He couldn't help me out, it seems he forgot



What my name was, he was one of my many shoulders



Growing cold



nothing to cry on or rely on for a friend



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They call me the runaroud, happily holding her hand



The best kept man in town, lead your lady around,



runaround.



I recall when half the world held her breath



The letters of her name hung in mid-air



But I woke up to a nightmare, and she follows me around,



running gauntlets, staring haunted at the ground.



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Hang around in Romanoff's to be seen,



friends pass by like I've never been.



I remember party night, Halloween,



I was Tambourlaine and she was my queen



But the champagne and the wine stains and the friends



who waived goodby,



only echo as the wind blows, through the chandelier.



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