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Studio	4:20	Mark Seymour The Boxer album.	Moderately common. Available new in digital form.

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One night she whispered
She spilled it in the dark
I never saw it coming
But it blew right through my heart

Sounded like an echo
She’d said it once before
Blow a kiss on leaving
And kindly close the door

Well the face you carry
Is the one that people see
There’s another one behind it
She turned that one on me

She said it with her eyes closed
She wasn’t fooling around
The night she burned her bridges down

Your friends’ll tell ya
There are things you should leave alone
The truth is something different
It cuts right to the bone

Magic and miracles
Torch the forest to save the trees
Everybody suffers
And they fall to their knees

But the way she looked at me
Like she was looking for a clue
As if I could read the future
But she already knew

She blew away the darkness
Never to be found
The night she burned her bridges down
She burned her bridges down

The world keeps spinning ‘round
She disappeared without a sound
She wasn’t foolin’ around
The night she burned her bridges down
She burned her bridges down

There’s a weight you carry
In a world beyond time
Hide it away and go looking for a sign

Is there somebody out there
Who can meet you halfway?
Too many questions
You might drive them away

Enemies and lovers are bound to come and go
So you wait for revelation
‘Cos you just don’t ever know

Well the world grew so much bigger
It kept spinning around
The night she burned her bridges down
She burned her bridges down

The world kept spinning ‘round
Feel it movin’ underground
She disappeared without a sound
The night she burned her bridges down
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Well the world kept spinning ‘round
The night she burned her bridges down
She burned her bridges down