I And I

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Been so long since a strange woman has slept in my bed
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Look how sweet she sleeps, how free must be her dreams
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In another lifetime she must have owned the world, or been faithfully wed
    Dm                                         Am
To some righteous king who wrote psalms beside moonlit streams

[Chorus]
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I and I
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In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives
Am
I and I
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One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives

[Verse]
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Think I'll go out and go for a walk
Dm                      Am
Not much happening here, nothing ever does
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Besides, if she wakes up now, she'll just want me to talk
Dm                   Am
I got nothing to say, 'specially about whatever it was

[Chorus]
Am
I and I
       G                 Dm             Am
In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives
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Am
I and I
G                      Dm      Am
One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives

[Verse]
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Took an untrodden path once, where the swift don't win the race
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It goes to the worthy, who can define the word of truth
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Took a stranger to teach me, to look into justice's beautiful face
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And see an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

[Chorus]
Am
I and I
       G                 Dm             Am
In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives
Am
I and I
G                      Dm      Am
One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives

[Verse]
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Outside of two men on a train platform there's nobody in sight
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They're waiting for spring to come, smoking down the track
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The world could come to an end tonight, but that's all right
Dm                                      Am
She should still be there sleeping when I get back

[Chorus]
Am
I and I
       G                 Dm             Am
In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives
Am
I and I
G                      Dm      Am
One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives

[Verse]
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Noontime, and I'm still pushing myself along the road, the darkest part
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Into the narrow lanes, I can't stumble or stay put
Am
Someone else is speaking with my mouth, but I'm listening with my heart
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I've made shoes for everyone, even you, while I still go barefoot

[Chorus]
Am
I and I
       G                 Dm             Am
In creation where one's nature neither honors nor forgives
Am
I and I
G                      Dm      Am
One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives