Appointment In Samarra

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[Verse 1]
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You have scars on your face from where he left you, your blue eyes still
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aren't dry, your hands have run through your blonde hair a thousand times.
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You say you're going to Samarra, won't be back tomorrow you left a letter on the
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drawer, breadwinners won't be baking anymore.
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  I've been wondering for a while how
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records in your heart, pull the Brompton shakes apart

[Chorus]
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  The blood is in your hands, the bodies on the ground around us
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  Make no future plans sever every bound that binds us, that ties [Interlude] us

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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There is blood on the clothes that you'd once wear for him, was it worth the lace
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facade, his hands you still feel round your waist on rainy days
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  I've been wondering for a while how
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records from your past, make the brief encounters last

[Chorus]
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  The blood is in your hands, the bodies on the ground around us
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  Make no future plans sever every bound that binds us.
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  The blood is in your hands, the bodies on the ground around us
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  Make no future plans sever every bound that binds us.

[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
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  The blood is in your hands, the bodies on the ground...
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  The blood is in your hands, the bodies on the ground...

[Interlude]
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[End-Chorus]
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  The blood is in your hands, the bodies on the ground around us
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  Make no future plans sever every bound that binds us.