Tirana

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[Verse 1]
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I sit here by the wall, and the notice makes no sense at all
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'Cause it's written in Albanian, and to my regret,
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I haven't learned that language yet, so I sit down next to you,
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By the Adriatic blue,
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And I gaze into your eyes, and a seagull soars in Albanian skies,
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And then I close my mind's eye, and I'm back on a train to Wales,
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Two hours from Aberystwyth, on the heavy metal rails
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And every stop is neatly planned, for a poet and a one-man band
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Well that's not always true, but it's a nice lie, and I meant it just for you

[Verse 2]
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The fire burns as intensely now as it did on that first day
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And we'd rather talk than watch TV, it's always been that way
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Yes, I'm a wandering minstrel, with a world to wander through
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But wherever I go, I love the thought, of wandering back to you
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I love your glorious sovereignty, your womanhood, your style
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We both know just how hard it gets when we've been apart a while
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And all our friends have seen and known how our great love story has grown
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Through all the years of happiness which make our history
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And I'll see you in Tirana, I'll see you in Tirana
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Under skies of azure blue
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Yeah, I'll see you in Tirana, I'll see you in Tirana
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Where our final dream comes true
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You stretch my mind, and you inspire, the pinnacle of my desire
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No borders block the way, I crossed them all the day I came to you

[Verse 3]
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There's a dozen so-called love songs, in every corporate chart
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Just cliché words to a flimsy tune, all barren sheet, no heart
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So I never went much on love songs, thought most were a crunching bore
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But here's a first, from me to you, I've never written one before
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And there's a place for us, in every place, a place for us
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Here at home or far away, 'cause in my mind today
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I'll see you in Tirana, I'll see you in Tirana
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Under skies of azure blue
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Yeah, I'll see you in Tirana, I'll see you in Tirana
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Where our final dream comes true
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And one last word from your young man, let's drain every last drop we can
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For this is our finest hour, and you're magnificent, and I wrote this song for you