Tonart: D major•
Verse 1
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I went down to the place where I
knew she lay waiting
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Under the marble and the snow
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I said, Mother I'm frightened,
the thunder and the lightning
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I'll never come through this alone
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She said, I'll be with you, my
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shawl wrapped around you
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My hand on your head when you go
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And the night came on, it was very calm
Verse 2
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I wanted the night to go on and on
We were fighting in Egypt when
they signed this agreement
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That nobody else had to die
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There was this terrible sound,
my father went down
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With a terrible wound in his side
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He said, try to go on, take my books,
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Remember, my son, how they lied
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And the night comes on, it's very calm
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I'd like to pretend that my
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But you don't want to lie,
Gm
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not to the young
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We were
Verse 3
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locked in this kitchen,
I took to religion
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And I wondered how long she would stay
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I needed so much to have
nothing to touch
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I've always been greedy that way
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But my son and my daughter climbed
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out of the wa ter
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Crying, Papa, you promised to play
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to the great surprise
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It's Papa, don't peek, Papa,
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D
And they hide, they hide in the world
Verse 4
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Now I look for her always,
I'm lost in this calling
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I'm tied to the threads of some prayer
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Saying when will she summon me,
when will she come to me
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What must I do to prepare?
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When she bends to my longing like a willow,
like a fountain
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G
She stands in the luminous air
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Am
And the night comes on, it's very calm
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C
I lie in her arms and says
when I'm gone
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D
I'll be yours, yours for a song
Verse 5
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Now the crickets are singing,
the vesper bells ringing
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The cat's curled asleep in his chair
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I'll go down to Bill's Bar,
I can make it that far
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And I'll see if my friends are still there
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Yes, and here's to the few,
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who forgive what you do
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And the fewer who don't even care
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Am
And the night comes on, it's very calm
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I want to cross over, I want to go home
Outro 1
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