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I'm leaving by night
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I'm leaving alone
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Leaving it lie
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When you waken I'll be gone
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I would not beg for me
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As I would not beg for you
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Though I'd like to be
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The one to see you through
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Every step you have taken
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Disappears with the tide
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You're torn up and shaken
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With changing your mind
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You haven't got the grace
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To say you'll finally decide
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And you haven't got
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The strength to stay to fight
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Those people who surround you
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Only want to see you weak enough to crawl
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They'll lie for you, decide for you
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And buy up all your rights & all wrongs
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And they'll try to stop your singing
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In the middle of your song
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For they do not want you free
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And they will not make you strong
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But only drag you down
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In the hole they're coming from
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They say you are foolish
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In wanting the sun
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Say you are selfish
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In learning to run
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Tell you that the darkness
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Is a blessing in disguise
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For you never have to notice
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If you're sighted or you're blind
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And they'll do their best
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To keep you from the light
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You're more than beginning
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You're learning to fly
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You feel like you're falling
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But it passes in time
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I hate to see a friend go down
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In flames without a song
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So I'm waiting by the doorway
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But I will not linger long
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I'm leaving by night
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I'm leaving alone
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I'm leaving it lie
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When you waken I'll be gone
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I would not beg for me
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As I could not beg for you
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But I'd like to be
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The one to see you through
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From Me To You
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| Janis Ian |
