Precious angel, under the sun
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How was I to know you'd be the one
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To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone
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How weak was the foundation I was standing upon ?
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Now there's spiritual warfare and flesh and blood breaking down
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Ya either got faith or ya got unbelief and there ain't neutral ground
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The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived
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When the truth's in our hearts and we still don't believe ?
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Shine you light, shine your light on me
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Shine you light, shine your light on me
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Shine you light, shine your light on me
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Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself
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I'm a little too blind to see.
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My so called friends have fallen under a spell
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They look me squarely in the eye and they say, "Well all is well'"
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Can they imagine the darkness that will fall from on high
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When men will beg God to kill them and they won't be able to die.
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Sister, lemme tell you about a vision that I saw
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You were drawing water for your husband, you were suffering under the law
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You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath
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You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal's death.
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Shine you light, shine your light on me
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Shine you light, shine your light on me
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Shine you light, shine your light on me
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Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself
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I'm a little too blind to see.
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Precious angel, you believe me when I say
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What God has given to us no man can take away
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We are covered in blood girl, you know our forefathers were slaves
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Let us hope they've found mercy in their bone-filled graves.
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You're the queen of my flesh, girl, you're my woman, you're my delight
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You're the lamb of my soul, girl, and you touch up the night
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But there's violence in the eyes, girl, so let us not be enticed
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On the way out of Egypt, through Etopoia, to the judgement hall of Christ.
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Shine you light, shine your light on me
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Shine you light, shine your light on me
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Shine you light, shine your light on me
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Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself
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I'm a little too blind to see.
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Precious Angel
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Bob Dylan |