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In the Flittle town of Candor, in the Clast year of my youth, I Glearned the final lesson of the Bblevels to the truth. My Ffather was a farmer he'd go Ctilling in the ground. My Gmother was a neighbor she'd go Bbvisiting aDmround.
But I Cdidn't care, For CI had found the answer to a Dmplowboy's lonely prayer. C She was the Amdaughter of the DmMayor.
The FMayor fought my courtship, for Che'd made other plans, He saw her Gmarried to a better man than a Bbboy with farmer's hands. I Fsaid -- I hate your father, it's Cso hard not to strike him. She Gsaid --You know I love you Bbbecause you're so much Dmlike him.
And Dmso I'd go sneaking in the Cevening, And Emthere she'd stand a crying in the Amdawn as I was Fleaving.
But the DmMayor of Candor lied, When he Goffered me his only daughter. The DmMayor of Candor tried, To Gtake her off across the water. BbWhat a thing to do to a Gyoung man in love. BbWhat a thing to do to your Dmdaughter.
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One day with Ffather on his tractor and Cmother off again, I Ggo to find the mayor and Bbwork out what I can. But he Fis not at his office, he Cis not at his home, When I Gfind him in the countryside Bbhe is not Dmalone.
He is Dmholding a woman and Cimagine my surprise, As she Emjumps back from his arms I look inAmto my mother's Feyes!
The Dmmayor of Candor lied Dm G
FAll my thoughts of outrage, Cembarrassment and pain, Were Gwashed away by what came Bbroaring through my brain. The FMayor's at my mercy and I Chear my own voice say, Your Bbrun for re-election, sir, is just one Dmmonth away.
And the Dmworld will never know of what I've Cseen here sir, But EmI'll be with your daughter is my Ammeaning clear, Fsir?
The MayoDmr of Candor lied, When he Goffered me his only daughter. The DmMayor of Candor tried, To Gtake her off across the water. BbWhat a thing to do to a Gyoung man in love. BbWhat a thing to do to your Dmdaughter.
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My Fmother looks in horror at the Ccompromise we made, But the GMayor's rueful smile says the Bbpiper must be paid! I had a Fmonth of joy in heaven from this Cdeal I'd made in hell. What Gwas to happen then my friend a Bbprophet could not Dmtell.
The Dmday after his re-election and the victory celeCbraGtion, The Mayor takes his family on a month long foreign vacaDmtion.
Oh DmSarah, you know how much I Clove you. There is Emno one I'd ever place aAmbove you. Oh DmSarah, you don't even Cknow me. To Emhave you there's nothing that's beAmlow Fme.
The MayoDmr of Candor lied, When he Goffered me his only daughter. The DmMayor of Candor tried, To Gtake her off across the water. BbWhat a thing to do to a Gyoung man in love. BbWhat a thing to do to your Dmdaughter.
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The Fday that they return I stand Cwaiting on the road. I Gwatch the car drive up, I watch the Bbpassengers unload. Of Fcourse she isn't there. Of Ccourse, I should have known. The GMayor says that she is staying. The Bbdecision is her Dmown.
He said "She's Dmfinishing her schooling on that Cunseen foreign shore. And I'll Emtell you very frankly, boy, Amyou'll not Fsee her anymore!
The MayoDmr of Candor lied, When he Goffered me his only daughter. The DmMayor of Candor tried, To Gtake her off across the water. BbWhat a thing to do to a Gyoung man in love. BbWhat a thing to do to your Dmdaughter.
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I Fspit out my hatred and my Cfury at his lies, When he Gsays you tried to blackmail me you're Bbjust as bad as I! He says -- Go Fon and do your damndest boy, throw your Cmother to the streets! You Gknow it's been too many years I Bbhad to be Dmdiscreet.
And as he Fstands there saying we're Cjust two of a kind, It Ghits me like a thunderbolt exBbploding in my mind. As I Flook into his aged, wrinkled, Cmirror of my own face, He Glaughs and sneers and says, Of course, dear Bbson,
Where do you think you came from in the first place?
The MayoDmr of Candor lied, When he Goffered me his only daughter. The DmMayor of Candor tried, To Gtake her off across the water. BbWhat a thing to do to a Gyoung man in love. BbWhat a thing to do to your Dmdaughter.