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Marrying a Foreigner
Melissa Kinealy

You came from England
I couldn’t understand your accent
We worked at the same place and
I came from Queenstown

I couldn’t understand your accent
You persuaded me to talk with you
I came from Queenstown
You were not like anyone else

You persuaded me to talk with you
You lived in Island Bay
You were not like anyone else
I lived on Aro Street

You lived in Island Bay
You used to look at me from the bar
I lived on Aro Street
You decided to live in New Zealand

You used to look at me from the bar
I fell in love with you
You decided to live in New Zealand
That was 28 years ago

I fell in love with you
We worked at the same place and
That was 28 years ago
You came from England

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