Rake

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[Verse]
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I used to wake and run with the moon
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I lived like a rake and a young man
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I covered my lovers with flowers and
 wounds
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My laughter the devil would frighten
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The sun she would come and beat 
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me back down
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But every cruel day had its 
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nightfall
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I'd welcome the stars with wine 
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and guitars
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 Full of fire and forgetful

[Verse]
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My body was sharp the dark air clean
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And outrage my joyful companion
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Whisperin' women how sweet did they 
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Kneelin' for me to command them
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And time was like water but I was
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 the sea
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I wouldn't noticed it passin'
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Except for the turnin' of night 
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into day
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And the turnin' of day into cursin'

[Verse]
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Well you look at me now, don't think
 I don't know
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What all your eyes are a sayin'
Does he want us to believe these 
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ravings and lies
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They're just tricks that his brains
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 been a playin'
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A lover of women he can't hardly 
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stand
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He trembles he's bent and he's 
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broken
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I've fallen it's true but I say to
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 you
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Hold your tongues until after I've 
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spoken

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[Verse]
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I was takin' my pride in the 
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pleasures I'd known
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I laughed and said I'll be forgiven
But my laughter turned 'round eyes 
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blazing and said
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My friend, we're holdin' a wedding
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I buried my face but it spoke 
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once again
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The night to the day we're a bindin'
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And now the dark air is like fire
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 on my skin
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And even the moonlight is blinding
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And now the dark air is like fire
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 on my skin
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And even the moonlight is blinding