Cowboy Junkies - Thirty Summers

      
 
 INTRO: A D A E A D A E A
 
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 Caught in the vice of heaven and earth
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 He turned his life into a cell
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 Imprisoned by the doubts that hound us all
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 And the desires that we all know so well
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 His days lost to promises, his nights he purged of dreams
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 And he'd wake in the hours before sunrise
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 And dread the coming of the day
 
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 Never thought a man could become so desperate
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 Never thought a life could lose so much hope
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 To be tearing at the roots around you
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 As if in manacles, or irons, or ropes
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 They say he told his children that all he taught was lost
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 That love and pride and honesty
      D         E          A   
 Were gained at too high a cost
 
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 It's been thirty summers that I've spent with him
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 And I expect thirty more to pass
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 He has blessed my life in so many ways
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 That I could never turn my back
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 But I need just one more reminder
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 Of the man that he used to be
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 If he would just look deep into my eyes
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 And say it's in you my love that I will find the key.
 OUTRO: D E A D D E A E A