"Where are you now"
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She writes, "Where are you now, my love?
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Do you have food to eat, shoes for your tired feet
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Am I the one you're dreaming of?"
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"Do you know how I miss you
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How I long to kiss you
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Pray for the day you will come
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Back to me, my darling one"
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He thinks about her
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All through the long watches of night
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The bullets are flying, young men are dying
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He prays for the first crack of light
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And when he can finally slip into his dream
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She'll sweep on the sweet web she has woven
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And for a while they are one
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When she kisses the ship on his arm
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All of his sorrows unravel
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He knows he will come to another one
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Over all of the miles he has traveled
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Her love is an anchor
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Her love is forever
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It's true now her love is the charm
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When she kisses the ship on his arm
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Blessed are they, these fearless young lovers
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Their lives are just barely begun
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Blessed is the day they return to each other
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After all of the battles are done
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And finally they are one
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When she kisses the ship on his arm
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And all of their sorrows unravel
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They've come through the eye of the storm
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Unafraid of the miles left to travel
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Their love is an anchor
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Love is forever
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It's true now that love is the truth
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When she kisses the ship on his arm
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The Ship On His Arm
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| Emmylou Harris |
