There's a day of feasting and a day of famine
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Day of sadness and a day of joy
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You could see in the day of feasting
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Life isn't just a little play-like toy.
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So the day arrived when you least expected
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Cos you always thought you were well protected
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Now you feel like a fish out of water
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So now you're wondering what's the matter.
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Oh remember you said it wouldn't happen to you
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Now you're thinking how to start a new
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A drowning man will catch at a straw
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You were warned but you wouldn't take heed.
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Everything in creation must obey a law.
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Its true in words as it is in deed.
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You were so puffed up in your pomps and pride
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You're exposed you got none to hide
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Yes, you used to look down on the folks beside you
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Never they think you would have come down too
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Remember they said you got to reap what you sow
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Simple truth everybody know
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Oh what are you on a house of exile
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Watching you now on your own last mile
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Yes, what are you on a house of exile
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Watching you now on your own last mile
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[Music interlude]
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Oh what are you on a house of exile
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Watching you now on your own last mile
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O OH what are you on a house of exile
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Watching you now on your own last mile
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Everything in creation must obey a law.
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Its true in words as it is in deed
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House Of Exile
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| Jimmy Cliff |
