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Helen And Cassandra
Al Stewart
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According to the myths and
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legends at
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fringes of our memory
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Paris stole the queen of Spar
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ta and
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carried her across the
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sea
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As he fled, he
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never dreamt that he
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held the whole world in his
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grip.
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Helen, the
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face that launced a thousand
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ships
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Helen, the
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face that launced a
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thousand
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ships
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From My
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cenae came Aga
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memnon and the
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Greeks of the City
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States
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Laden with their bronzen Wea
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pons they're
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waiting at the Trojan
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Gates
As the
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arrow flies and Ach
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illes falls does she
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raise the wind to her
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lips?
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Helen, the
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face that launced a thousand
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ships
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Helen, the
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face that launced a
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thousand
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ships
It's
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funny how the story lin
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gers it's
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probably a myth of
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course
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whisper in the ear of
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Homer perh
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aps ther never was a
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horse
She
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could have turned the head of
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Paris with the
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gentle sway if her
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lips
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Helen, the
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face that launced a
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thousand
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ships
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Oh Cass
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andra
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, what did youd
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know
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You bring bad
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news wherever you
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go
You had the
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gift to see the
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future from
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Apollo so it's
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said
An he
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made no one be
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lieve you when you
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would not share his
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bed
Oh Cass
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andra
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, so what did you
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see
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As you
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walked the lonely
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road of your certain
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ty
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gazing at th ruined
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city
That your
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warnings could not
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save, oh Cass
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andra
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, so still and so
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grave
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Cass
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andra
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The
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Bronze Age kingdoms tum
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ble the
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cities fad one bye
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one
The
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walls of Mycenae crum
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ble the
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dark age has beg
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un
And the
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truth is lots in the
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ancient dust
Yet the
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memory forever per
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sists
Of
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Helen, the
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face that lanched a thousand
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ships
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Helen, the
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face that lunced a thousand
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ships
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Speed