The Night Comes On

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[Verse 1]
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I went down to the place where I 
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knew she lay waiting
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Under the marble and the snow
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I said, "Mother I'm frightened the 
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thunder and the lightning
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I'll never come through this alone"
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She, "Said I'll be with you my 
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shawl wrapped around you
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My hand on your head when you go"
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And the night came on it was very 
calm
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I wanted the night to go on and on
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But she said, "Go back, go back to 
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the world"


[Verse 2]
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We were fighting in Egypt when they
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 signed this agreement
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That nobody else had to die
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There was this terrible sound and 
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my father went down
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With a terrible wound in his side
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He said, "Try to go on, take my 
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books take my gun
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And remember my son how they lied"
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        G             Dm
And the night comes on and it's very
 calm
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I'd like to pretend that my father 
was wrong
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But you don't want to lie, not to 
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the young


[Verse 3]
We were locked in this kitchen, I 
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took to religion
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And wondered how long she would stay
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I needed so much to have nothing to 
touch
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I've always been greedy that way
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But my son and my daughter climbed 
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out of the water
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Crying, "Papa you promised to play"
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And they lead me away to the great 
surprise
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It's, "Papa don't peek, Papa cover 
your eyes"
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And they hide, they hide in the 
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world


[Verse 4]
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Now I look for her always, I'm lost 
in this calling
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I'm tied to the threads of some 
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prayer
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Saying, "When will she summon me, 
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when will she come to me
            C        D
What must I do to prepare?"
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When she bends to my longing like 
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a willow like a fountain
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She stands in the luminous air
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And the night comes on it's very 
calm
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I lie in her arms, she says, "When 
I'm gone
        C                  G
I'll be yours, yours for a song"


[Verse 5]
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Now the crickets are singing, the 
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vesper bells ringing
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The cat's curled asleep in his chair
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I'll go down to Bill's Bar, I can 
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make it that far
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And I'll see if my friends are 
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still there
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Yes, and here's to the few who 
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forgive what you do
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And the fewer who don't even care
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And the night comes on, it's very 
calm
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I want to cross over I want to go 
home
        C                          
But she says, "Go back, go back to 
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the world"