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THE AWAKENING
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Baby, gather yourself,
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up 'til now there's been no clue.
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The awakening will be swift and harsh and rude. And it won't be what you know,
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and it won't be what you'd expect.
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And it will carry with it the force of fear-inspiring wreck.
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This keeps me up all night,
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makes me pass the day in bed.
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And it's caused me such grief,
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it's been months since I've bled.
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But I will do what is right,
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I will do what's expected.
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No, I won't be chastised,
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and I won't be rejected.
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(chorus)
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But I will wait for you to come around.
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And I will wait for you to change your mind.
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And I will give you your last chance
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over and over a thousand times.
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I wanted to be your shelter,
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I wanted to be your home.
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I wanted to be your reason,
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and have that reason made known.
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So no one would know all by weakness,
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no would hear what I'm thinking.
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I am the biggest coward
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they call the woman of the hour.
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Doing eighty miles an hour,
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I roll the window down.
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And with the freedom heavy on the air I felt that I would drown.
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And everything is different,
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and though freedom had its price,
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A poor man's Joan of Arc,
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through the ashes still I rise.
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멌ause I did wait for you to come around
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And I did wait, for you to change your mind
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And I did give you your one last chance
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over and over
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a thousand times
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And I will live out of love,
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and I will act out of fairness
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And I will be the richness that lies beneath the surface of awareness.
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THE AWAKENING
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| Jennifer Nettles Band |
