Kiss me goodnight and say my prayers
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Leave the light on at the top of the stairs
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Tell me the names of the stars up in the sky
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A tree taps on the window pane
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That feeling smothers me again
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Daddy is it true that we all have to die
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At the top of the stairs
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Is darkness
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I closed my eyes and when I looked
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Your name was in the memorial book
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and what had become of all the things we planned
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I accepted the commiserations
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Of all your friends and your relations
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But there's some things I still don't understand
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You were so tall
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How could you fall?
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Some photographs of a summer's day
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A little boy's lifetime away
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Is all I've left of everything we've done
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Like a pale moon in a sunny sky
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Death gazes down as I pass by
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To remind me that I'm but my father's son
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I offer up to you
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This tribute
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I offer up to you
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This tank park salute
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Tank Park Salute
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Billy Bragg |