Key: B minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
today
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Saw a city in the fog
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And an old church
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tower where the seagulls play
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Saw the sad shire horses
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walking home
October geese on a cold
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flowed
Verse 3
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our house tonight
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One young, one old
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To offer prayers for the dying,
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one to teach
Which way the cold wind blows
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In priestly black like a
Verse 4
All this time
The river flowed
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Endlessly to the sea
Verse 5
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take a boat from the river
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And I'd bury the old man
Verse 6
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Blessed are the poor
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For they shall inherit the earth
Better to be poor
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As these words were spoken, I swear
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I hear the old man laughing
What good is a used up world
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And how could it be worth having?
Verse 7
All this time
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The river flowed
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Endlessly like a silent tear
Verse 8
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All this time
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The river flowed
Verse 9
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Teachers told us the Romans built
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this place
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They built a wall and a temple
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They prayed to their gods
make a sound
And their empire crumbled
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till all that was left
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Were the stones the workmen found
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All
Verse 10
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In the falling light
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If I had my way
Verse 11
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I'd take a boat from the river
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Men go crazy in congregations
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They only get better one by one
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One by one
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One by one
Verse 12
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I saw a city in the fog
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And an old church tower where
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In the sodium light
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Two priests on the ferry
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winter's night
Outro 1
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