My hopes stood taller
Than the bold Victorian sky
No longer captive
A gambler riding high
I looked to a future
Of life-affirming views
My heart was unprepared
For the fateful news
But Amerella left three months ago
They don't know if she's coming back
I never got the chance to show
My life was back on track… oh!
Amerella left three months ago
They don't know if she's coming back
It does my heart no good to know
The future's black
Three years of thinking
Of the joy that I was due
I had no inkling
Of the change from red to blue
Her mother and father were
Fighting back the tears
I left with their dark announcement
Ringing in my ears
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When you ride the tiger
You may not recognise the
Signs that show
That you're on your own
After all that waiting
She'd given up on me
But I won't admit defeat
so easily
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