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I was born in the town of Paisley in early 1960
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And placed in the care of an old eternal bachelor
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A strict disciplinarian, a passionate antiquarian
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His collection of myths and legends was spectacular

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As a younger man he'd been to see Japan
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Where a master in a white kimono taught him
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In a shining moment the myth of the bishonen
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The youthful hero doomed to fall like blossom

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And how could I forgive the ugly fugitive
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Who brought me up according to a fantasy?
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For when the old man stared at me
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He drowned in evil beauty
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Thinking of the early death in store for me