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The Mountain Goats
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where the dry dust turns the sunset pale.
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where all summer long we saw ?? and faced her.
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where we pulled water from a well by hand.
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half a world away from the old promised land.
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where you stand we've been given
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a new covenant -- a real sharp one.
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and we spend all our days and nights
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gaining new appreciation of its finer points.
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and waiting for the dead to rise up from their graves.
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waiting for jesus to come along and save us. and we are
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biding our time.
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biding our time.
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biding our time as best we know how.
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where the texas doughboys used to play
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before the wind blew everything away.
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where we came to get away from our friends.
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where we'd tell each other jokes waiting for the world to end.
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we know our jokes are funny,
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but in all the wrong ways and for all the wrong reasons.
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and we watch old George Romera movies
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and relish the short time left.
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yeah, waiting for the dead to rise up from their graves.
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waiting for jesus to come along and save us. yes, and
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biding our time.
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biding our time.
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biding our time as best we know how.
the mountain goats - no children
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