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I awoke in the dusts of an autumn morning
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Faces oil-lit kneeling round the family chairs
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I never knew that a heart could take such filling
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Spaces everywhere.
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And the ship comes 'round
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And she's waiting at the harbour
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Be prepared to get on board, be prepared
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I never knew that the light of ages
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Breaks the way before us
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Sail away, sail away
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All the front doors opened and the men came walking
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Suits and shoes, heads of silver and grey
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It's one short road from a darkened cradle
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To the endless light of day.
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She walked like a bride down the aisle of her childhood
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The shops, the schoolyard, the church on the hill
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Where she trembled on the day
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She was touched and broken
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Marie was born again.
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And the ship comes 'round
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And she's waiting at the harbour
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Be prepared to get on board, be prepared
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I never knew that the light of ages
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Breaks the way before us
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Sail away, sail away
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All ears to the trawler-band in the evenings
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Forty crans and the spirits run wild
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The storms, the drownings, the tables, the drinking
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The sea had claimed their lives.
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There's a peat smoke rising from the village chimneys
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You take your chances with the red haired girl
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All the boats take their rest in the heart of the harbour
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That night in a changing world.
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And the ship comes 'round
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And she's waiting at the harbour
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Be prepared to get on board, be prepared
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I never knew that the light of ages
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Breaks the way before us
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Sail away, sail away
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