A Perfect Indian 
(Words and music by Sinéad O'Connor)
Intro: 

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A per-fect In     -     di-an is he, ________________ 

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re-mem-ber-ing him life is sweet, _____________ 

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like a weep-ing wil-low, 

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his face on my pil-low 

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comes to me still _____ in my dreams. 

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and there I saw        a young ba-by, ________________ 

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a beau-ti-ful daugh-ter was she, _______________ 

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a face from a paint-ing, 

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red cheeks and teeth ach-ing, _______________ 

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her eyes like a                wild _____ I-rish sea. ____ 

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on a ta-ble in              her yel-low dress, ________________ 

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for a pho-to-graph, feigned hap-pi-ness, _______________ 

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Why in my life 

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is that the on-ly 

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time that a-ny ________ of you will ____ smile _______________ at me? 

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And I'm sail-ing ____ on this ter-ri-ble o-cean, I've come for my-self _____ to re-trieve. ______________ 

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Too long have I been ____ feel-ing like          Lir's child-ren, 

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and there's on-ly one      way _____ to be free. ______________ 

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He's shy and he speaks ___ qui-et-ly, ______________ 

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he's gen-tle and he seems to me. ________________ 

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like the Elf-Ar-row, his face worn and har-rowed. 

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Is he a da     -     dream-er like me? _______________ 

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I'm sail-ing ___ on this ter-ri-ble o-cean I've come for my-self _____ to re-trieve. _______________ 

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Too long have I been ____ feel-ing like Lir's         child-ren, 

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and there's on-ly one way ______________ to be free.