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I went down to the place where I knew she lay waiting
Under the marble and the snow
D G DI said Mother I'm frightened the thunder and the lightning
G AI'll never come through this alone
She said I'll be with you my shawl wrapped around you
G C GMy hand on your head when you go
D Am F CAnd the night came on it was very calm, I wanted the night to go on and on
But she said go back, go back to the world
We were fighting in Egypt when they signed this agreement
G AThat nobody else had to die
D G DThere was this terrible sound and my father went down
With a terrible wound in his side
G C G CHe said try to go on take my books take my gun
G C GRemember my son how they lied
And the night comes on it's very calm
F CI'd like to pretend that my father was wrong
G D G D /But you don't want to lie, not to the young
D G D
We were locked in this kitchen I took to religion
And I wondered how long she would stay
D G D G AI needed so much to have nothing to touch, I've always been greedy that way
G C G CBut my son and my daughter climbed out of the water
Crying Papa you promised to play
D AmAnd they lead me away to the great surprise
F CIt's Papa don't peek, Papa cover your eyes
And they hide, they hide in the world
Now I look for her always I'm lost in this calling
G AI'm tied to the threads of some prayer
D G DSaying when will she summon me when will she come to me
What must I do to prepare
G C G CWhen she bends to my longing like a willow like a fountain
G C GShe stands in the luminous air
And the night comes on it's very calm
F CI lie in her arms, she says when I'm gone
G D G D /I'll be yours, yours for a song
D G D
Now the crickets are singing, the vesper bells ringing
The cat's curled asleep in his chair
D G DI'll go down to Bill's Bar, I can make it that far
G AAnd I'll see if my friends are still there
Yes and here's to the few who forgive what you do
G C GAnd the fewer who don't even care
D AmAnd the night comes on, it's very calm
I want to cross over I want to go home
G D G D /But she says go back, go back to the world
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