I have failed you, I have failed you
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I have lost my way, lost my nerve
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I've failed you
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But I love you, how I love you
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I have turned my back, left you last
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but I love you
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O setting sun don't sink before I've found my heart
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Heart don't give up now while there's still time
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Time don't beat your old retreat
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stay a little while with me
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til I've looked the whole thing in the eye
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I have waited, I have waited
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for the big reveal, the even keel
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I have waited
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But there's no one who
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makes it all come true
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Just altars gathering dust while we bow to them
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O night bring all your shadows and your silence
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Silence make a hostage of my mind
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Mind bring on your trickery
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Black dogs nip on at my heels
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til i've looked the whole thing in the eye
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Swing low, sail high
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I have failed you, I have failed you
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I've closed my heart,
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I have failed you
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But I love you, how I love you
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All my days will rearrange to say I love you
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O setting sun don't weep for all the things you lose
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morning comes as sure as it must die
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dying is such mystery
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yet I wonder will it be
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when I've looked the whole thing in the eye
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Swing Low Sail High
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| The Wailin' Jennys |
