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To France by Mike Oldfield

Taking on water,
Sailing a (1)________________ sea
From a memory,
A fantasy.
The (2)________ carries
Into (3)__________ water,
Far from the islands.
Don't you (4)________ you're

Never going to get to France.
Mary, Queen of Chance, will (5)________ (6)________ you?
Never (7)__________ to get to France.
Could a new (8)______________ (9)________ bind you?

Walking on (10)______________ ground,
Like a shadow,
Roaming in far off
Territory.
Over your shoulder,
Stories unfold, you're
Searching for sanctuary.
You (11)________ you're

Never going to get to France.
Mary, (12)__________ of Chance, will they find you?
Never going to get to France.
Could a new romance (13)________ bind you?

I see a picture
By the lamp's flicker.
Isn't it strange how
Dreams fade and shimmer?

Never going to get to France.
Mary, Queen of Chance, will they (14)________ you?
Never going to get to France.
Could a new (15)______________ (16)________ bind you?

I see a picture
By the lamp's flicker.
Isn't it (17)______________ how
Dreams (18)________ and shimmer?

Never (19)__________ to get to France.
Mary, Queen of Chance, will (20)________ (21)________ you?
Never going to get to France.
Could a new romance ever bind you?

Never (22)__________ to get to France.
Never going to....

Never going to get to France.
Never (23)__________ to....

Never going to get to France.
Never going to...
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