sail ho heave ho come on let go
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your time on earth is over
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I watch you sleeping on the bed
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I'm talking to your soul
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did you ever think it'd be like this?
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did you ever think you'd laugh so much?
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did you ever think you'd have to try so hard?
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oh...
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I'm watching my sweet mama
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from my vigil on this chair
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I close my eyes I feel a change...
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is this my lover here?
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did you ever think it'd be like this?
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did you ever think you'd walk away?
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you and me running through
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the back streets of the world
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like a pack of hounds of two
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wanting more and more love
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and how much is too much?
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did you ever think we'd love so hard?
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fighting hard and hurting worse
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oh...you're sailing away...
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go away. just ignore them.
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next time I open my eyes..
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is this my father here?
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I know it's you because
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I recognize the smiling little boy
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on the sunny front porch
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holding his mama's hand
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remember when your mama said
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"we all need love"?
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well... we ALL need love...
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did you ever think you'd refuse love after all?
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did you ever think you'd give love
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and then take it away?
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and leave the lives around you
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in such shame and disarray and pain
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it's all right
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put your arms around my neck
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hold me tight as we drift out now
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while I have the strength of ten men
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hold me close as we drift out into the darkness
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pigeons rushing up past our heads
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people in doorways
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I think this is Europe somewhere
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you're so thin you're so light
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don't let go hold me
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...are these yours? or mine?
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there is nothing I'd rather have
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than for you to put your hand upon my forehead
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just keep it there DON'T TAKE IT AWAY
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and tell me that even though you may not like
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all the things I do but say that you love my soul
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and remember me.
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remember me?
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hold me close put your arms around my neck
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as we drift out I've finished it
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into the darkness you're so thin
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it's only a movie...
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run Bambi run it's only a movie
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and when I came up to the tree...
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run Bambi run
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brothers and sisters...FIRE!...
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I'm there and there's a body
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lying at the foot of it
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hold me close we're moving out
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across the water now
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and you're lying on this beach. sleeping
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and a tyger's watching you
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from the edge of the jungle
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and the sun through the leaves...
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and his stripes...and it's...
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and you're sleeping
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and I'm watching and he's watching
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and... you're so...beautiful...
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sail ho heave ho come on let go
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your time on earth is over
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you have done well it's time to rest
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I'm talking to your soul
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did you ever think it'd be like this?
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do you ever think we'll meet again?
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how will I ever know it's you?
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maybe will it be the love that I'll feel
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when I look into a stranger's eyes
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when I look into a stranger's eyes...
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oh...you're sailing away
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I keep my vigil on this chair
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is this my lover here?
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is this my brother here?
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is this my baby?
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is this me lying here?
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The Vigil (The Sea)
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| Jane Siberry |
