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| you raise your head | , you beat the sun |
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| but your boys they lie | so close to yo | u |
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| do you dare get | up and wake the t | wo |
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| oh elias, | I see you there at work in the day ti | me |
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| do you think you could answer all the questions in the wor | ld |
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| in just one w | ord- I think you co | uld |
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| 'cause if you d | ie will I | get word th | at yo | ur go | ne |
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| or will I h | ear it in pa | ssing conv | ersa | tion |
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| or will I s | top short and | fall | to t | he gr | ound |
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| distance is s | hort when your h | and carries | what your e | ye foun | d |
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| hold my h | and just one more t | ime |
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| to see if you're re | ally going to meet me |
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| hold my | hand just one more ti | me |
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| to see if you're re | ally going to meet me |
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| honest and man | uel, well you know, they're at school n | ow |
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| given the chance that their father's never s | een |
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| to see what's bey | ond section | 17 |
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| and in ten yea | rs when you look back at your bo | ys |
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| well you know they've grown way taller than the tall | est |
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| sugar c | ane in the fi | eld |
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| I see your wi | fe she sta | nds stooped ov | er by the fire outs | ide |
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| and I see your b | oys and when they look u | p |
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| you know I th | ink they got their mother's e | yes |
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| 'cause she looks so pro | ud, | she looks so ha | ppy |
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| she looks so p | roud, | she looks so h | appy |
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