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Give me light for my lantern |
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Give me light for my lantern give me light |
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Be the light of my lantern, the light of my lantern, be the light |
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I need the light in my lantern, light in my lantern tonight |
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It's a hungry world out there |
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Even the wind will take a bite |
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I can feel the world circling |
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Sniffing round me in the night |
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And the lost sheep grow teeth |
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Forsake the lambs and lie with the lions |
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Where the living is desperate |
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Precarious and mean |
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And getting by is so hard |
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That even the rocks are picked clean |
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And the bones of small contention |
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Are the only food the hungry find |
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Where the thistles eat the thorns |
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And the roses have no chance |
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And it no wonder that the babies |
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Come out crying in advance |
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And the children look for shelter |
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In the hollow of some lonesome cheek |
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And the sky's so cold and clear |
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The stars might stick you stand |
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And you're only glad its dark cause |
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You might see the master's hand |
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And you might cast around forever |
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And never find the peace that you seek |
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For every cry in the night |
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Somebody says, "Have faith!""Be content inside your questions""Minotaurs inside a maze" |
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Tell me what's the point of light |
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When you have to strike a match to find? |
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So throw away those lamentations |
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We both know them all too well |
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If there's a book of jubilations |
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We'll have to write it for ourselves |
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So come and lie beside me darling |
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And let's write it while we still got time |
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So if you got a light, hold it high for me |
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I need it bad tonight, hold it high for me |
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Cause I'm face to face, hold it high for me |
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In that lonesome place, hold it high for me |
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With all the hurt that |
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I've done, hold it high for me |
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That can't be undone, hold it high for me |
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Light and guide me through, hold it high for me |
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And I'll do the same for you, hold it high for me |
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I'll hold it high for you, cause |
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I know you've got |
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I'll hold it high for you, your own valley to walk |
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I'll hold it high for you, though it's dark as death |
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I'll hold it high for you, and then gets darker yet |
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I'll hold it high for you, though your path is blocked |
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I'll hold it high for you, through the thieves and rocks |
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I'll hold it high for you, keep you safe from harm |
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I'll hold it high for you, until you're back in my arms |
