Down by the boathouse at Shaker Lake
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When there wasn't nothing but love to make,
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They were two young lovers wishing on the stars above.
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Well, they carved their initials in an old birch tree
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with a heart and an arrow and a 'sixty-three.
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You had to be blind not to see...
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It was a perfect love.
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It was a perfect love.
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Ooh, yeah, yeah.
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Well, they worked one summer together at the '64 World's Fair.
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They met Robert Kennedy there.
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Well, that was... right before the fall.
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They saved up a little money for his carreer
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And they talked about the future, underneath the giant sphere
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And all around them the little voices were singing:
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It's a small world after all.
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Yes it is, it's a small world after all.
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And it was... Perfect love.
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It was a perfect love.
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(Under the moon and the stars above, it was a perfect love)
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They were dizzy from dancing on Rockaway Beach
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They came to Rockaway
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Yeah and everything they dreamed of was still within reach
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Dreaming, Dreaming as the years roll by
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Like they always do
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Well, they had their share of hard times too
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But whatever they were, they never let it get them down.
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Now, they just go walking down a country lane
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See the leaves are changing, in a misty rain
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And only one thing remains the same, wo-oh.
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Ooh, yeah, yeah.
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Just a perfect love
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(Under the moon and stars above it was a perfect love)
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Ooh, yeah, yeah.
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Perfect Love
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Marc Cohn |