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I wake in the dawn of the cold misty dew light |
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Kickin' and drinkin' warm milk while I'm cryin' |
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In the sterilized smell of my unsure surroundings |
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Feelin' warm hands as I'm passed back and forth |
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And I'm wigglin' and crawlin' and reaching out slowly |
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Strange sounds at my elbow but no way to make them |
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The shapes of big colors and lights all around me |
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Comin' to grips with the cold hard linoleum |
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Pushin' and pullin' as I travel in circles |
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Unsure on my knees as I crawl towards the table |
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Unsteady on legs as I'm findin' my balance |
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My legs stretchin' out and a wish to go walkin' |
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Out in the road in the gravel and sunshine |
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Out on the earth with my feet in the short grass |
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The shadows of barn and garage learnin' quickly |
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A switch to my bottom and on the bed cryin' |
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In the dawn of the mornin' the vague early mornin' |
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At the start of the daytime of life |
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Standin' out here by an old pile of lumber |
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A long shiny track that's still silently ringin' |
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And the last southbound freight that was two o'clock passin' |
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And I in my Levi's my cigarettes twisted |
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In the arm of a t-shirt I'm smart like a rooster |
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You stand here in front of me heavily breathin' |
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Your long brown hair matted with sweat as we're silent |
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The beads like last Christmas that lay on your bosom |
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I feel the exploding of some innerself |
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That's more lasting and longing than the carcass surrounding |
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The bursting of love that is pleading now for you |
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That creeps in our eyes and it colors our thinkin' |
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And tingles our hands and our arms and our foreheads |
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As the flesh is now talkin' in words that are quiet |
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In the hot afternoon as we're makin' our plans |
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As we walk through the daytime of life |
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A baby comes cryin' and laughin' and kickin' |
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And drinkin' warm milk as it's handled so gently |
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And afternoon comes to see three other babies |
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Playin' and runnin' their bodies fast growin' |
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Sundown comes sneakin' around by the back door |
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My joints gettin' stiffer and movin' more slowly |
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My hair gettin' thinner and turnin' to driftwood |
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Then goin' downhill in the still of the evenin' |
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So peaceful and gentle I'm not in a hurry |
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Just passin' the grave of a friend I once played with |
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The pine needles soft underfoot as I'm walkin' |
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And children come runnin' to guide their grandfather |
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And if you don't mind I'll just sit in the shadows |
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And rest and go slowly I'm gettin' so tired |
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My head on a pillow a doctor now holdin' my wrist |
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As he's feelin' the veins barely throbbin' |
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My grandchildren standin' around by my bedside |
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And now through the mist I can faint see them cryin' |
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But I will be comfortable here on the cushions of silk all around me |
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I think I must sleep in the cool deep |
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And it's midnight |
