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Katy wrote a letter to her sister in Liverpool
said I'm surrounded by socialites
floozies and other fools
there's bankers and doctors
soldiers and hustlers
with all this talk of tomorrow
comes the bombings and the horror

We were so desperately ambitious
making our fortunes
in the eye of the hurricane
the center of attention
but it was good to be young
and good to be British
caught up in Lisbon by the arrival of the Americans

She said I'm sorry to hear about our families misfortune
but it's in times like these
that the tensions will deepen
what about Francis and David?
our brothers in the army
caught in the crossfire
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Katy left a note from a train bound for Paddington
said I'll be coming home soon
I just needed some good reasons
newspaper's say the place was swarming
with firemen and policemen
so from a vanished world
will come no rerun this season