Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Farewell, you northern hills,
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crags and peaks, goodbye
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Glyder Fach farewell, Cul Beig, Scafell,
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cloud-bearing Suilven
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Bleaklow's frozen sea
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The snow and the wind and the
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rain of hills and mountains
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Days in the sun and the tempered
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wind and the air like wine
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And you drink and you drink till you're drunk
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on the joy of living
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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my time is almost done
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the darkness comes
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You filled all my days, held the night at bay,
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dearest companion
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Years pass by and they're gone
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with the speed of birds in flight
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Our lives like the verse of a song
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heard in the mountains
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Give me your hand and love and
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join your voice with mine
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And we'll sing of the hurt and the pain
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and the joy of living
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Verse 3
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soon you must fly alone
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bone of my bone
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be long safe be your journey
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Each of you bears inside of
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you the gift of love
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May it bring you light and warmth
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and the pleasure of giving
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Eagerly sa vour each new day
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and the joy of living
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Verse 4
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Take me to some high place of heather,
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rock and ling
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feed me to the wind
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the air you are breathing
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I'll be part of the curlew's
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cry and the soaring hawk,
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The blue milkwort and the sundew
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hung with diamonds
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I'll be riding the gentle breeze as
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Reminding you how we
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shared in the joy of living
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