My Side Of The Blues

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When the days go drifting backwards
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and old friends' voices chew the air.
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Well, the shells make my ears get seasick -
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I know the ocean isn't really living there.
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And the pendulum doesn't swing for passion,
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and even horror can't make those stubborn hands freeze.
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But sometimes just a soft light lit in a bedroom
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can bring a tired traveller to his knees.
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She said, "If you come to me, I'll make it easy.
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If you come to me, I'll make it easy for you.
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So when you come to me, you can breathe freely.
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And I'll let you stand a while on my side,
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stand a while on my side,
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stand a while on my side of the blues."
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Well, praise be to the rolling graveyards,
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and to the heroes with their necklaces of seaweed.
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Cinderella's got to be home before midnight
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so St. Christopher don't ever have to leave.
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And here's a toast to all the furious seasons
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that went and stole the blood out of baby's cheeks.
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Though she was a one who always come so close to smiling,
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she made crying seem like Christmas Eve.
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And she said, "If you come to me, I'll make it easy.
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If you come to me, I'll make it easy for you.
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So when you come to me, you can breathe freely.
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And I'll let you stand a while on my side,
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stand a while on my side,
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stand a while on my side of the blues."
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Well, a tattooed body wrote himself into a fable,
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the story of the pine needle and the sheep.
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They found him hibernating beneath the coffee table.
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It turned out it was actually a human sleep.
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And the trees forgave the fire that went on burning,
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'til hope was all it left when the smoke cleared.
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I'll forgive her body for deserting
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as soon as I recall why mine's still here
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She said, "If you come to me, I'll make it easy.
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If you come to me, I'll make it easy for you.
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So when you come to me, you can breathe freely.
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And I'll let you stand a while on my side,
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stand a while on my side,
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stand a while on my side of the blues."
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So the days launch forward leaving memories,
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dragging swollen clouds across a robin's egg.
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Like the beggar, I know I'm bound to get clean eventually
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if I just keep walking up and down the street.
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Up and the down the street.