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Rapp |
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The clock has metal hands |
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It throws the hours down |
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On the ground with a thud |
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The sound of blood |
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And if you do not forgive me |
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I do not know |
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What I will do |
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As the time goes by |
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As the time goes by |
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In the Spring when he was born |
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The soil was soft and good and warm |
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His father was a farmer |
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The son of the sun |
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Said: the Earth don't wait for a man but once |
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And if you do not believe me |
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I do not know |
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What I will do |
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And the time goes by |
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And the time goes by |
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When he was a boy the fields were full |
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The girls were soft and good and warm |
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The morning sun was shining |
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Like a promise in his eyes |
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And if you do not deceive me |
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I do not know |
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What I will do |
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And the time goes by |
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And the time goes by |
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When he was a man he worked with his hands |
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The ground was hard, but a place to stand |
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But when the Autumn came around |
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The oxen plowed the land to ridges in the ground |
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And the wrinkles in his face |
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Like the beaten road showed |
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In a man's body |
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Is where the time goes |
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And if you do not defeat me |
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I do not know |
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What I will do |
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And the time goes by |
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And the time goes by |
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He gave to the earth and it gave back |
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'Till he had nothing to give at last |
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The trembling of his marbled hands |
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Showed he knew |
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What the Earth demanded |
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As it waited for him |
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And the time goes by |
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And the time goes by |
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The clock has metal hands |
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It throws the hours down |
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On the ground with a thud |
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The sound of blood |
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And if you do not forgive me |
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I do not know |
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What I will do |
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As the time goes by |
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As the time goes by |
