The Mouth Of The River chords by Graeme Connors

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Verse 1
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There's a path leading in
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to the mangroves
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Down the side of the Lycott Hotel
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Only those in the know ever take it
And those in the know never tell
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How that path, well -worn but narrow,
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Just enough for Indian file,
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Draws you along like a magnet,
Till you've gone a good
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quarter mile.
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Don't go down to the mouth
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of the river
Where the ghosts of the
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past still reside
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And the sins of our fathers are buried
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In the ebb and flow of the tide
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At the end of the path,
there's a clearing
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Where mangroves and mud become land
And what's left of a pier and
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some housetops
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Charred and half buried in sand
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Where the wind,
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through the casualness,
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Bring voices from another world.
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The lost screams of Leapin' Lena
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And the cries of the Bamboo Girl.
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Don't go down to the
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mouth of the river
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Where the ghosts of the past still reside
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And the sins of our fathers are buried
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In the ebb and flow of the tide
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Spare us the wrath of the righteous,
who destroy what they
don't understand.
Their gods have no love or forgiveness,
or wings for the falling man.
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Don't go down to the
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mouth of the river,
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where the ghosts of the past still reside.
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And the sins of our fathers are buried
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in the ebb and flow of the tide.
Don't go down to the
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mouth of the river
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Where the ghosts of the past still reside
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And the sins of our fathers buried
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In the ebb and flow of the tide
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And the sins of our fathers buried
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In the ebb and flow of time
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