Anaïs Mitchell – Bright Star (Guitar)

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When I first laid eyes upon you

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I was filled with such a longing

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To be with you in the dark

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Bright star

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Since I could not fly beside you

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I would chart my own course by you

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And I'd sail it by your light

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Bright star

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I have sailed in all directions

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I have followed your reflection

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To the farthest foreign shore

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Bright star, bright star

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I have anchored in the harbors

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I have brought my gifts to barter

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For a drifter's bed and board

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Bright star

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I have drunk the wine of ages

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In the company of strangers

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We have sung in tongues of angels

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And then stumbled on the pavemеnt

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And I understood my place then

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And my purposе in relation

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To the young and ancient night

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Bright star

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I am home now from my roaming

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I'm alone now in the gloaming

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With the ships out in the yard

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Bright star

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There's a thought upon me dawning

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You have launched a thousand longings

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And I don't know who you are

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Bright star

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You have never been my vessel

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Or the wind my sails have wrestled

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Or the lands to which I traveled

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Or the friends with whom I reveled

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There are lengths to which you'll never know I went

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To be your lover

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And beloved in your sight

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Bright star

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When I first laid eyes upon you

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I was filled with such a longing

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To be with you in the dark

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Bright star

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If I could have flown beside you

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I would not have had the sight of you

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To guide me through the world so wide

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And bright