Song For Adam

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[Verse 1]
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Though Adam was a friend of mine, I 
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did not know him well
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He was alone into his distance, 
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He was deep into his well
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I could guess what he was 
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laughing at, But I couldn't really 
tell
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Now the story's told that Adam 
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jumped, But I'm thinking that he
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 fell

[Verse 2]
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Together we went travelling, as we 
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received the call
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His destination India, and I had 
none at all
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Well I still remember laughing, 
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with our backs against the wall
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So free of fear we never thought,
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 that one of us might fall

[Chorus 1]
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I sit before my only candle, but 
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it's so little light to find my way
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Now this story unfolds before my 
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candle
Continues after the ad
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Which is shorter every hour as it 
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reaches for the day
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Well I feel just like a candle in a
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 way
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I guess I'll get there but I 
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wouldn't say__  for sure

[Verse 3]
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When we parted we were laughing 
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still, as our goodbyes were said
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And I never heard from him again, as
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 each our lives we led
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except for once in someone else's 
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letter that I read
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Until I head the sudden word, 
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that a friend of mine was dead

[Chorus 2]
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I sit before my only candle, like
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 a pilgrim sits beside the way
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Now this journey appears before my 
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candle
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as a song that's growing fainter, 
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the harder I play
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well I fear before I am I'll fade 
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away
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But I guess I'll get there, though 
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I wouldn't say___  for sure
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[Verse 4]
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Though Adam was a friend of mine, I 
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did not know him long
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And when I stood myself beside 
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him, I never thought I was as strong
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still it seemed he stopped his 
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singing in the middle of his song
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well I'm not the one to say I 
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know but I'm hoping he was wrong

[Chorus 3]
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I'm holding out my only candle, 
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though it's so little light to find
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 my way
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now this story's been layed beneath
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 my candle
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and it's shorter every hour as it 
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reaches for the day
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yes I feel just like a candle in a 
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way
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I hope I'll get there but I'll 
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never pray

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