Cowboy Junkies – Thirty Summers (Guitar)

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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

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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.