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By townes van zandt |
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So close and yet so far away |
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And all the things i'd hoped to say |
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Will have to go unsaid today |
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Perhaps until tomorrow |
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Your fear has built a wall between |
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Our lives and all what lovin' means |
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Will have to go unfelt it seems |
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And that leaves only sorrow |
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You built your tower strong and tall |
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Can't you see it's got to fall some day |
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You close your eyes and speak to me |
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Of faith and love and destiny |
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As distant as eternity, |
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Truth and understanding |
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The wind blows cold outside your door |
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It whispers words i've tried before |
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But you don't hear me anymore |
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Your pride's just too demanding |
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The end is coming soon, it's plain |
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A warm bed just ain't worth the pain |
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And i will go and you'll remain |
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With the bitterness we tasted |
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A mother's breast, a newborn child |
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A poet's tear, and drunken smile |
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Can't help thinkin' all the while |
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Their meaning won't be wasted |
