Intro: G C G C

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A light shone in the night somewhere ahead
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Blue turned into green, then it was red.
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And, stirring the night, loud music played
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The light I saw in the night was a penny arcade.



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"Step up and play", each maching seemed to say
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as I walked round and round the penny arcade.
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"Just ring the bell on the big bagatelle
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and you'll make all the coloured lights cascade".
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And music played in the penny arcade.
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Yes, it played and it played, played all the time
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"Roll up and spend your last dime!"

At first I thought it a dream that I was in.
Lost , lost in a sea of glass and tin.
But no, so dipping my hand in the back of my jeans,
I grabbed a handful of coins to feed the machines.

Chorus+
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Roll up and spend your last, (2X)
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roll up and spend your last dime!"