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The Longest Night
03:02
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The Longest Night
The darkest day that’s sent my way,
Will surely soon be done.
We’ll strike a match to light the way,
from off this path we’re on.
We’ll stand up on the summit soon,
And look down on what’s rolling in.
The darkest day that’s sent my way,
Will surely soon be done.
The coldest frost the day has lost,
Will surely leave me be.
We’ll shelter from the storm that blows in from,
A raging sea
The candle flicker off the wall will dance it’s dance round shadows tall,
The coldest frost the day has lost,
Will surely leave me be.
The longest night that time can write,
Will surely be just fine.
We’d hunker down in the home we’ve found,
With your hand held in mine.
You and I, I do believe,
will live forever thick as thieves.
The longest night that time can write,
Will surely be just fine
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AUATC
02:19
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Well, you're up all night
And your head's down low
If you can see your own kite (shed a little light on it)
You know a burden ain't a bust
You are the only way to trust ya
No, no, no
It'll only bear the poor without a cost
Lay down, Martha
Lay down the holy banner flag
Hold out, Martha
Help is surely on its way
And it's not right
Don't bask in the glory of mine
No, no, no,
They cannot take that part away
Ate up all their cake
And they drank their own wine
They were always on the take (will you shed a little light on it?)
Well, you know the burden ain't of dust
The only path to love is touch
I know that all that ain't proper mounts to much
Lay down, Martha
Lay all that alabaster down
There's no master
Help will surely come around
I don't ask
I don't bask in the glory, oh no (ah, ah, ah)
And it's up to me if I don't wear a mask
Well, you're up all night
And your neighbors don't know
Man, your neighbors don't know
(So shed a little light on it)
You know the burden ain't of us
You know that truth's been made a crutch
No, no, no
Only there the pauper laid him up
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Stewarton Road
03:46
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The Rest of My Life
03:54
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The battle is over
Here we all lie
In a dry sea of Solo cups
With the sun in our eyes
But it's one of those endings
Where no one claps 'cause they're sure that there's more
What a great way to start the first day of the rest of my life
I guess the show's going on
So we pick up the pieces
We dropped for a song
And an ear-splitting headache
That makes it hard to figure out which puzzle they're for
But I can leave this part out of the story I write
There are worse ways to start the first day of the rest of my life
Roommates, friends, lovers - quiet
I'm coming to
I'm turning myself into something a little less promising
A little more useful
The battle is over
We lost, but we'll live to call off the war
Don't that ceiling look high from the floor?
Don't it hurt just to move
As we shrink from the light?
As it pierces our bodies and thaws out our hearts
What a great way to start the first day of the rest of
The rest, the rest of my life
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