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Nick Cave & The Bad Seed
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They dragged Jack and his shadow from the hole
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And the bulb that burned above him
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Did shine both day and night
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And his shadow learned to love his
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Little darks and greater light
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And the sun, it shined
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And the sun, it shined
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And the sun, it shined
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A little stronger, a little stronger
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Jack wept and kissed his shadow "Goodbye"
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Spat from their dirty dungeons
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Into a truly different din
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Shat from their institutions
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Into a fully different din
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And his shadow soon became a wife
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And children plagued his latter life
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Until one night he took a skinning knife
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And stole into the town
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And tracked, tracked his shadow down
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Said the shadow to Jack Henry, "What's wrong?"
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Jack said, "A home is not a hole"
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"And shadow, you're just a gallow that I hang my body from"
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"O shadow, you're a shackle from which my time is never done"
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Then he peeled his shadow off in strips
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He peeled his shadow off in strips
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Then kneeled his shadow on some steps
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And cried, "What have I done?"
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And the sun, it shined
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And the sun, it shined
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I say "Love is blind"
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And is it any wonder?
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Is it any wonder?
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Jack and his damned shadow is gone
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And though each one of us all, want to duly mourn
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Yes, and though each one of us, all want to duly mourn
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'Tis done in brighter corners now
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'Tis done in brighter corners now
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'Tis done in brighter corners now
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Now that Jack's black shadow's gone
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And the sun, it shined
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I say sun, it shined
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And the sun it shined
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A little stronger
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Is it any wonder?
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Is it any wonder?
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That love is blind
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I say love is blind
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I say love is blind
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A little stronger
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A little stronger
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'Tis done in brighter corners now
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Tis done in brighter corners now
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'Tis done in brighter corners now
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Now that Jack's black shadow's gone
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Yeah, Jack's black shadow's gone
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And I swear, love is blind
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Yeah, love is blind
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Yeah, love is blind
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[Incomprehensible]
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Oh, the sun, it shined
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The sun, it shined
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The sun, it shined
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But when I can't remember
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But 'tis done in brighter corners now
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Tis done in brighter corners now
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'Tis done in brighter corners now
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Tis done in brighter corners now
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'Tis done in brighter corners now
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Now that Jack's black shadow's gone
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Now that Jack's black shadow's gone
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Now that Jack's black shadow's gone
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Now that Jack's black shadow's gone
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Now that Jack's black shadow's gone
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