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HTML

<a href="index.html">I can't believe my eyes</a>
<br> <br> 

<div id="lyricsContent"> 
I've danced alone a thousand times<br> 
To songs that no one else could even hear<br> 
I've reached into the flame of love<br> 
I couldn't hold it<br> 
And it disappeared<br> 
I've lived to learn to hate the blues<br> 
I've lived with ev'rything but you<br> 
I can't believe my eyes<br> 
<br> 
I see you here<br> 
Lookin' just the way you should<br> 
Ooh, so good, it's too good to be true<br> 
I lived my life<br> 
To be lyin' here with you<br> 
Ooh, I can't believe my eyes<br> 
<br> 
I've felt the empty hands of time<br> 
As they were stealin' all my life away<br> 
I've heard the silence deep inside<br> 
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Waiting for words that lovers<br> 
Could not say<br> 
You turn a little into stone<br> 
With ev'ry day you live alone<br> 
<br> 
I can't believe my eyes<br> 
I see you here<br> 
Lookin' just the way you should<br> 
Ooh, so good, it's too good to be true<br> 
I lived my life<br> 
To be lyin' here with you<br> 
Ooh, still when I see you<br> 
I can't believe my eyes<br> 
<br> 
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</div>

CSS

a {
  color: red;
}

a.blue {
  color: blue;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
   $('a').hover(function(){
       $(this).addClass('blue');
   },
   function(){
       var link = $(this);
       setTimeout(function(){link.removeClass('blue');},1000); 
   })
})