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The river whispers in my ear |
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I've hardly a penny to my name |
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The heavens have never seemed so near |
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All of my body glows with flame |
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The tempest struggles in the air |
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And to myself alone I sing |
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It could sink me then and there |
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I can hear the echoes ring |
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I tried to find one smiling face |
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To drive the shadow from my head |
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I'm stranded in this nameless place |
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Lying restless in a heavy bed |
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Tell me straight out if you will |
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Why must you torture me within? |
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Why must you come down off of your high hill? |
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Throw my fate to the clouds and wind |
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Far away in a silent land |
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Secret thoughts are hard to bear |
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Remember me, you'll understand |
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Emotions we can never share |
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You trampled on me as you passed |
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Left the coldest kiss upon my brow |
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All of my doubts and fears have gone at last |
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I've nothing more to tell you now |
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I walk by tranquil lakes and streams |
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As each new season's dawn awaits |
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I lay awake at night with troubled dreams |
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The enemy is at the gate |
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Beneath the thunder blasted trees |
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The words are ringin' off your tongue |
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The ground is hard in times like these |
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Stars are cold, the night is young |
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The rocks are bleak, the trees are bare |
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Iron clouds go floating by |
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Snowflakes fallin' in my hair |
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Beneath the gray and stormy sky |
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The evenin' sun is sinkin' low |
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The woods are dark, the town isn't new |
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They''ll drag you down, they'll run the show |
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Ain't no telling what they'll do |
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Tell ol' Bill when he comes home |
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Anything is worth a try |
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Tell him that I'm not alone |
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That the hour has come to do or die |
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All the world I would defy |
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Let me make it plain as day |
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I look at you now and I sigh |
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How could it be any other way? |
