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The Witness Song |
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
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Yeah, yeah |
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I took a walk down to the port |
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Where strangers meet and do consort |
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All blinkered with desire |
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And a winter fog moved thickly on |
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A winter fog moved thickly on |
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A winter fog moved thickly on |
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Now, who will be the witness |
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When the fog's too thick to see |
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And I saw a friend beside a wall |
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Her hands were raised in supplication |
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And her face I could not see at all |
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And I raised my hands in rage |
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And brought them down again |
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And we entered through the eastern door |
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And I entered through the eastern door |
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And she entered through the eastern door |
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Now, who will be the witness |
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When you're all to blind to see |
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And time gets somewhat muddled here |
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But no matter, no matter |
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Here come the events all tumbling down |
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Now, beyond the wall was a great garden |
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Into which we passed |
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Me and my friend |
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And the place was all overgrown with weeds |
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And behold from its centre there rose a great fountain |
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The fountain with the healing waters |
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And we knelt down by the rim |
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And I dipped my hand in |
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And she dipped her hand in too |
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And I said Are you healed? |
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And she said Well are you healed? |
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And I said Yes, I'm healed |
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And she said Well, yes I'm healed then too |
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And I said Babe, you are a liar |
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Babe, you are a liar |
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Babe, you are a liar, too |
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Now, who will be the witness |
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When you're all to healed to see |
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And I kissed her once, I kissed her twice |
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And made my way to leave her |
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And she raised her hand up to her face |
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And brought it down again |
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I said That gesture, it will haunt me |
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That gesture it will haunt me |
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And I left there by the eastern door |
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She left there by the western door |
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Now, who will be the witness there |
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When you're blind and you can't see |
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Who will be the witness there |
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When you're all so clean and you cannot see |
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Who will be the witness there |
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When your friends are everywhere |
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Who will be the witness there |
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And your enemies have ceased to care |
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