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For how long will your ghost walk with me? |
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I thought your ashes lived among the roses now. |
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Were you the white shadow that sent me sleepless nights? |
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I ran from you then as I did as a child. |
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My birthplace no longer held me as your white charger appeared, |
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For the time had begun, my eyes spelt out hope. |
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I wanted to leave the beggar child at mother's door |
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But I knew she was part and parcel of my whole. |
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And you, my brother, I ask were we ever close? |
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Or did our cat and dog fighting secretly take its toll? |
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For you live in your world and I live in mine. |
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Yours solid to the grasp, mine flows undefined. |
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I have a listening ear or shoulder to cry. |
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My friend that leaves for life across the water. |
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And I wish you safe passage 'cause you're leaving for love |
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Which is a rare thing in a day and an age |