James Dean    (intro)    (sample)

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1.      Grew up together in the neighbourhood,

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     she never noticed that he looked so good.

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    He told her, “All I do is dream of you, oh yeah!”

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    No, she had never seen in her wildest dreams,

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    blue eyes that gleam just like James Dean.

 

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2.      Big plans they made in a small hometown,

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    no chance to leave would really bring him down,

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    a crazy rebel with a cause, he was for sure, oh yeah.

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    Oh, she had never seen in her wildest dreams,

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    blue eyes that gleam just like James Dean.

 

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    He writes her letters from a round the world,

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    says he loves her and she’s still his girl.

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    Maybe he’ll come back, you don’t know when,

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    oh she’ll never see her baby again.

 

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3.     He’s got the whole world in his hands,

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    and she was Alice in his wonderland.

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    Oh, they had dreams, but now he has it all, yeah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    No, she had never seen in her wildest dreams,

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    blue eyes that gleam just like James Dean.

 

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4.      She was the diamond of his eyes,

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    and she would always be right by his side,

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    but good guys only win in the movies, yeah.

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    Oh, she had never seen in her wildest dreams,

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    blue eyes that gleam just like James Dean.

 

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    He writes her letters from a round the world,

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    says he loves her and she’s still his girl.

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    Maybe he’ll come back, you don’t know when,

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    oh she’ll never see her baby again.

 

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   Oh….

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Bonnie Tyler)