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Long ago I heard a tale I never will forget
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The time was in the telling on the bank the scene was set
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The sky was rolling blindly on, the daylight had not gone
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She washed her hair among the stones and saw what was to come
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All this will pass
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There will be blood among the corn and heroes in the hills
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But there is more to come my boy before you've had your fill
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Men will come and rape the soil as though it were their own
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And they will bathe their feet in oil as I have bathed my own
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All this will pass
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All things must come
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Just as I tell you here
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Stones will stand together as if searching for the stars
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And all come crashing down again before they reach too far
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She turned to face the setting sun, I turned to walk away
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But then she called my name again and beckoned me to stay
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All this will pass
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All things must come
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Just as I tell you here
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She told me of the famous sons who write their names in peace
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Yet be cut down before the time has come for our release
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Just as I tell you here
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Even now I wait for the coming day
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Even now she waits in the dawn
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For the tales she tells, for the gifts that she will sell
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For the sight she knows, for a vision that still grows
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With the dream in her eyes no one's seen
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I listened for so long that day that I can hardly tell
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If what she said was heaven sent or brought to bear in hell
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That men of hope would stand alone and still be cast a lie
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Just as Romans cast them on the day they were to die
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All this will pass
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All things must come
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Just as I tell you here
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Even now I wait for the coming day
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Even now she waits in the dawn
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For the tales she tells, for the gifts that she will sell
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For the sight she knows, for a vision that still grows
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With the dream in her eyes no one's seen
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