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Official now, gone deaf

My ears are out the door

Words no longer hurt me

Speech that used to bore

 

They first heard my mam

Absorbed a wall of sound

Listened to words of love

From lovers that I found

 

Recoiled from animosity

Thrilled to airs of Mozart

Stood by when I was cruel

Inflicting a broken heart

 

Soaked up words of love

Tuned in to Radio One

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