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I go to sleep, before |
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I go to sleep, before |
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the devil wakes |
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The devil wakes |
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and I wake up, before |
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And i wake up, before |
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the angels take |
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The angels take |
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all my worldly desires |
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All my worldly desires |
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all my yardsticks of fear |
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All my yardsticks of fear |
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all my secrets untold |
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All my secrets untold |
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all my motives unclear |
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All my motives unclear |
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hangin' down in the fire |
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Hangin' down in the fire |
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burnin' them higher |
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Burnin' them higher |
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won't take them away from here |
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Won't take them away from here |
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and long after we're gone |
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And long after we're gone |
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the light will stay on X2 |
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The light will stay on x2 |
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watched the city ... city of crows |
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Watched the city ... city of crows |
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watched them fly, watched |
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Watched them fly, watched |
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'em all flyin' low |
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'em all flyin' low |
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out above the flood plain |
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Out above the flood plain |
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just above the dirt road |
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Just above the dirt road |
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they were hungry as winter, |
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They were hungry as winter, |
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hungry as us |
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Hungry as us |
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not afraid to be flyin', not |
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Not afraid to be flyin', not |
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afraid to be lost |
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Afraid to be lost |
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and long after we're gone |
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And long after we're gone |
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the light will stay on X2 |
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The light will stay on x2 |
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and if you bury me, add |
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And if you bury me, add |
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three feet to it |
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Three feet to it |
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one for your sorrow, two |
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One for your sorrow, two |
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for your sweat |
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For your sweat |
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three for the strange |
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Three for the strange |
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things we never forget |
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Things we never forget |
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and long after we're gone |
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And long after we're gone |
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the light will stay on X2 |
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The light will stay on x2 |
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and long after we're safe |
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And long after we're safe |
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the lights will not fade X2 |
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The lights will not fade x2 |