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Piano




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I'm a pale




On An Unknown Beach
As performed by Amanda Palmer
Arrangement by Rith Carter
Originally written and performed by Peter Jefferies
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in tru der






on an un




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known




w
beach.




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My





back to the





wa ter, my


feet in


the sand.




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sand


Fin ding





no re cogn






i tion as




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each sign


of life




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ag ing




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An a





ban doned






fli pper in a




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world of




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storms.


There's a




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man on the


shore line,





with a white






par a keet,





try ing to


make his




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bird go




w
home.


With in




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creas ing con ti






nu i ty,


end less


space.




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ga zes





'round the per






i pher y,





not dis


heart ened,




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wear ing its


most in ex






pre ssi ble




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face.




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My





in stinct is




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dou bled as the


waves roll




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by.




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But my


vi sion is





halved and the





foam in the


green as the


in sects




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talk to a


bla zing




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sky.




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Wax in the




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w
ear,


stitch in the




w
side.


Wolves are feast





for the




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w
blind.

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Un der and




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o ver, the





why and the




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where fore,




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ea sy to

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sit back with




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Dri ving dis




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cu ssions like




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cranes through the




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car park,





se tting them all







in a line.




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All in ter




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ce ding,

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not yet pro




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cee ding mis




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lea ding doubts


in my




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I'm a





pale in






tru der on an


un known




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w
beach.

My





back to the





wa ter, my




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feet in


the sand


Fin ding




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no re cogn






ni tion as


each sign


of life




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In




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vades the pre


ci sion




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of this


ag ing




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13
On An Unknown Beach
It actually just continues with the same melody and fades
out, but that doesn't really work for sheet music, so I made
up my own boring ending. Use whatever :)

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