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C A#After all the jacks are in their
Fboxes
C A# FAnd the clowns have all gone to bed
C A#You can hear happiness staggering
F on down the street
G A# D# E FFootsteps dressed in red
G A# D# E F D# E FAnd the wind whispers Mary
C A# FA broom is drearily sweeping
C A#Up the broken peices of
Fyesterday's life
C A# FSomewhere a queen is weeping
G A# D# E FSomewhere a king has no wife
G A# D# E F D# E FAnd the wind cries Mary
A# C# F
C A#The traffic lights turn blue
Ftomorrow
C A#And shine the emptyness down on my
Fbed
C A# FThe tiny island sags downstream
G A# D# E FCause the life that lived is dead
G A# D# E F D# E FAnd the wind screams Mary
C A# FWill the wind ever remember
C A# FThe names it has blown in the past
C A#With its crutch, its old age, and
F its wisdom
G A#It whispers no, this will be the
D# E Flast
G A# D# E F D#And the wind cries Mary
E F D# E F D# E FPor: Jean Guilherme Amaral Maia