Night Comes On

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     I went down to the place 
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where I knew she lay waiting
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     Under the marble and the snow
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     I said Mother I'm frightened 
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the thunder and the lightning
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     I'll never come through this 
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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
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 go
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     And the night came on it was 
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very calm, I wanted the night to 
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go on and on
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     But she said go back, go back 
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to the world

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     We were fighting in Egypt 
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when they signed this agreement
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     That nobody else had to die
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     There was this terrible sound
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 and my father went down
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     With a terrible wound in his 
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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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     Remember my son how they lied
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     And the night comes on it's 
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very calm
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     I'd like to pretend that my 
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father was wrong
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     But you don't want to lie, not
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 to the young

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

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     Now I look for her always I'm
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 lost in this calling
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     I'm tied to the threads of 
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some prayer
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     Saying when will she summon 
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me when will she come to me
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     What must I do to prepare
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     When she bends to my longing 
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like 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 
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very calm
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     I lie in her arms, she says 
when I'm gone
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     I'll be yours, yours for a 
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song

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     Now the crickets are singing,
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 the vesper bells ringing
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     The cat's curled asleep in his
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 chair
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     I'll go down to Bill's Bar, I
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 can 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 
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care
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     And the night comes on, it's 
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very calm
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     I want to cross over I want to 
go home
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     But she says go back, go back 
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to the world
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