Paul Kelly – Letter In The Rain (Guitar)

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The morning bright and still has laid a frost across the hill

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And the glory of it takes my breath away

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The birdsong in the trees floating on the ghost of a breeze

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Says, You're lucky to be a creature alive today

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The rosy-fingered dawn is changing colour in the east

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Like in ancient days we'll never see again

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Once we were together, that I do remember

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All the rest is like a letter in the rain

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So I go to check my snares, see what night caught unawares

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I take the path along the creek again

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In the garden of delight, a snake slithered into sight

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So we left Eden and headed for the plain

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Day by day and night by night, she didn't leave my side

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Now she never wants to see my face again

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Once we spoke in love's low tongue, all the bells at midnight rung

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All the rest is like a letter in the rain

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There's a river somewhere up around the bend

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When it hurts, that river's always been my friend

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The frost has gone now from the hill, like a vision in a dream

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You never know when glory will come again

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I remember her dark stare and a braid of nut-brown hair

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All the rest is just a letter in the rain