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    Well, you're up all night
    And your head's down low
    If you can see your own kite
    Shed a little light on it
    You know a burden ain't a bust
    You are the only way to trust ya
    It's only fair it burns up in that rust

    Lay down, Martha
    Lay down the holy banner flag
    Hold out, Martha
    Help is surely on its way
    And it's not right
    Don't bask in the glory of mine
    No, no, no, they cannot take that part away

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    Ate up all their cake
    And they drank their own wine
    They were always on the take
    Will you shed a little light on it?
    Well, you know the burden ain't a gust
    The only path to love is touch
    Oh no, no, no, that ain't probably amount to much

    Lay down, Martha
    Lay all that alabaster down
    There's no master
    Help will surely come around
    I don't ask
    I don't bask in the glory, oh no, oh
    And it's up to me if I don't wear a mask

    Well, you're up all night
    And your neighbors don't know
    Man, your neighbors don't know
    (So shed a little light on it)
    You know the burden ain't a gust
    You know that truth's been made a crutch
    No no no, only them who's pauper lays him up

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    Composition: Jenn Wasner, Justin Vernon, BJ Burton, Phil Cook, and Jim-E Stack

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