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It was a cold night
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And the snow lay around
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I pulled my coat tight
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Against the falling down
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And the sun was all
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And the sun was all down
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And the sun was all
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And the sun was all down
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I am a poor man
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I haven't wealth nor fame
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I have my two hands
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And a house to my name
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And the winter's so
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And the winter's so long
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And the winter's so
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And the winter's so long
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And all the stars were crashing 'round
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As I laid eyes on what I'd found
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It was a white crane
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It was a helpless thing
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Upon a red stain
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With an arrow in its wing
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And it called and cried
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And it called and cried so
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And it called and cried
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And it called and cried so
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And all the stars were crashing 'round
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As I laid eyes on what I'd found
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My crane wife, my crane wife
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My crane wife, my crane wife
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Now I helped her
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And I dressed her wounds
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And how I held her
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Beneath the rising moon
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And she stood to fly
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And she stood to fly away
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And she stood to fly
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She stood to fly away
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And all the stars were crashing 'round
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As I laid eyes on what I'd found
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My crane wife, my crane wife
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My crane wife, my crane wife
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[2]
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My crane wife arrived at my door in the moonlight
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All star bright and tongue-tied, I took her in
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We were married and bells rang sweet for our wedding
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And our bedding was ready, we fell in
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Sound the keening bell
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And see it's painted red
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Soft as fontenelle
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The feathers in the thread
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And all I ever meant to do was to keep you
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My crane wife
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My crane wife
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My crane wife
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We were poorly, our fortunes fading hourly
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And how she avowed me, she could bring it back
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But I was greedy, I was vain and I forced her to weaving
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On a cold loom, in a closed room with down and wool
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Sound the keening bell
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And see it's painted red
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Soft as fontenelle
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The feathers in the thread
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And all I ever meant to do was to keep you
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My crane wife
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My crane wife
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MY crane wife
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There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart
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There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart
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It rakes at my heart
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The Crane Wife 1 and 2
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| The Decemberists |
