Slow Burning Love
James Taylor Key
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Verse 1
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It was a hot and sultry day somewhere in early September
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I don't hardly remember the day
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Just the way the sun beat down upon the bay, baby
Verse 2
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I did not even need to know your name
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It was, oh, so plain to see that you had eyes for me
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Halfway open, halfway closed, half-naked eyes for me, baby
Chorus
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It was a slow burning love, a fair-weather love affair
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A slow burning, smoldering love for you and I
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And like the sun on the edge of the Western sky, it died
Bridge
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Oh, the lights of the city were close at hand
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I might just as well have been another man
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You might just as well have been another girl
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It might just as well have been another world
Chorus
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It was a slow burning love, a fair-weather love affair
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A slow burning, smoldering love for you and I
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And like the sun on the edge of the Western sky, it died
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Oh, slow burning love
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You were smoking up that day, some kind of hot
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It was a slow burning love, a fair-weather love affair
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A slow burning, smoldering love for you and I
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And like the sun on the edge of the Western sky, it died
Outro
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Ah
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Ah
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