Intro: Beats ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! e!-------------------------------------0----------! B!-------0-----2-----0-----------0-------2---0----! twice G!-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------0! D!02----------------------02----------------------!(this 02 should be0h2, A!-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0!and the 0 is very short E!------------------------------------------------! before the 2) Dear uncle sold her into, into the purest kind of slavery. Hood-eyed little middlemen profited from damaged goods along the way. Good angels brought her back to a last Nepal summer. Debased, hollow-faced, a smile might become her. Now she's cosied up, cosied up and comforted in the warm flush of September. Gone before winter. Wondering as to might-have-beens. Somebody's daughter in sanctuary, waiting. Instrumental repeat of last part: Intro repeat: Seen through softer case of kindness, far and further still away, from time-warp Victorian zoos where staring ice cream gameboys play. Big paws, word claws and swishing tails. More damaged goods in the market sails. Too proud for anger, too late for hate: resigned in dignity. Gone before winter. Purring might-have-beens. Somebody's kitten in sanctuary, waiting. Instrumental repeat of last part: Instrumental verse: Gone before winter. Wondering as to might-have-beens. Somebody near you in sanctuary, waiting. Instrumental repeat of last part, twice: Intro, repeat...

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