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Cowboy Junkies
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Raise a white sail if you love me
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a black sail if you don't
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Seal me up in an impregnable tower
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or surround me with an impassable moat
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I've heard all the stories told about love
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(unattainable and pure)
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but there is one love of which I'm sure
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Your fear as honed as a battle axe,
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I'll bear my neck, I'll wear the scar,
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and if my nerve should fail the task
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I know your faith will not roam too far
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I've heard all the stories told about love
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(two souls into one)
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but this tale of love is one we've just begun
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Isoldt had her Tristan,
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but love potions are not what we need,
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and Paris had his Helen
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but it was infatuation that was plain to see
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What I desire is your trust to inspire
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this love for you which grows in me
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Plant a rose tree on his grave
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and on mine plant a vine,
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as seasons pass and markers fade
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watch them slowly intertwine
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I've heard all the stories told about love
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(till death do us part)
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but our love is a vow which has been wrought
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from heart to heart
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