[Interpretation of early black and white Haitian love songs]
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Oceans wept
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Moutains slept
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Sidewalks crumbled to ash
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Your name remains
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In children's lullabies
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And your eyes forever in the sky
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Pull me close
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Dear I'm tremblin'
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Hold me tight
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I'm afraid ot the night
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Blackness fills the room
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Your love, it burns bright
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Oh, summer winds
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Remind me of your kiss
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Soft and warm
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I never want to leave this
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I never wanted to say goodbye
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I'd throw myself to the sea
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If God promised you're inside
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We'd float to island paradise
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And I'd become your bride
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The countryside looks bare
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Without you lying in her grass
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The stream is dry
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And the crickets silent
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There's no music in the night
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I'd become smoke
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And hide in your cigarette pack
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To be a star
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Tossing light
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To sparkle in your eyes
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I'd become an angel
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And kiss this earth goodbye
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Destiny
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Used to be
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Just a word to me
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But heaven sure was right
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When they said Jesus left somethin' behind
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Every inch of this body
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I'd plate in gold for you
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Even though I ain't go no money
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I'd do it just to keep you
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Your eyes appear
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In every one of my dreams
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They glitter and they gleam
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Like the first time we meet
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The chickens, they crowed
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And I knowed you're home
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Oh, my spirit ran to greet you
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Before my feet left the porch
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[Interpretation of early black and white Haitian love songs]
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Haitian Love Songs
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Cocorosie |