I know that fan is moving air
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I can see it in your hair
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But I can't bear to breathe it in somehow
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I'll rise and fall with you
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'Cause you can't fail me now
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I'll rise and fall with you
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'Cause you can't fail me now
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Salt as sweet upon my mouth
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Dark throw sparks against my house
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The stain of love's a smudge upon my bride
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But you see through me
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And you can't fail me now
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You see right through me
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And you can't fail me now
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I've bit off more than I can chew
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It's something that I tend to do
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And fewer words are what we need and how
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You bite my tongue
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And you can't fail me now
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I ran too real
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But you can't fail me now
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I lost the faith among the vines
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And hung myself in story lines
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I tell the tales I never would allow
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God knows the name of every bird
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That fills my mind like angry words
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But you know all my secret heart of vows
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We're taught to love the worst of us
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And mercy more than life
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But trust me mercy's just a warning
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Shot across the bough
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I live for yours and you can't fail me now
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I live for your mercy, you can't fail me now
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You can't fail me now
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You Can't Fail Me Now
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| Loudon Wainwright III |
