TIME STANDS STILL IN CANTERVILLE
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FOR AGES THIS CURSE LAYS UPON
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PASS THE NIGHT WALKING FOR FOURHUNDRED YEARS
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LONGING FOR THIS LIAISON
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THE BARREN ALMOND ONCE SHED THE LEAVES
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THE SPLENDOUR HAS CRUMBLED AWAY
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THIS HARM WAS DONE AND THE GREEN-EYED ONE
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ONCE IT HAD LED HIM ASTRAY
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[PRE-CHORUS]
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HERE IN THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT
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LET A WILLING EAR ROAM
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AND FAR INTO THE NIGHT
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A RAY OF HOPE WILL LEAD YOU HOME
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[CHORUS]
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SO WILL YOU STAND BESIDE
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AMONG THOSE EVIL-EYED
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VOICES WILL WHISPER INTO YOUR EAR
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SO BELIEVE YOU`RE IMMUNE
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SO WILL YOU BEG AND PRAY
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TO LEAVE THIS ENDLESS GRAY
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ONCE OF HIS AGE HE WAS BOAST
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THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
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BATHING IN TEARS AND SWIM IN DELIGHT
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YEARNING FOR FEELINGS LONG GONE
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ONE SORRY SIGHT, ONE FLY BY NIGHT
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AS THIS GIRL IN HER PRIME CAME ON
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BUT LOVE WILL BE STRONGER, THAN LIFE AND DEATH
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WHEN CUPID`S DART HAS HIDDEN YOU
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AS IF BY MAGIC THE ALMOND WILL BLOOM
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THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING NEW
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[PRE-CHORUS]
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[CHORUS]
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TEARS FOR MY SINS
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I HAVE NO MORE
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NOW PRAY FOR ME
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I KNOW WHAT FOR
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ANGEL WILL YOU
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HAVE MERCY NOW
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AND THE HOUSE SHALL BE STILL
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[CHORUS]
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The Canterville Ghost
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