Van Morrison – Contemplation Rose (Guitar)

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Puerto Rican Nursery Rhymes

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Angels in the snow and thyme

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And I'm keeping my mind on that rose

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In a church in Spanish Harlem

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Got Watchtowers and Awakes for free

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In the laundromats for you and me

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But you can't take me down that way

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As I'm not sinking

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And if we go down one time

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Next time's not gonna be the last time

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And I'm contemplating that rose

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In a church in Spanish Harlem

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Didn't I bring you precious gifts

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Come to kiss you on the lips

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Did not even appear

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To beg your pardon

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To lay out in the morning sun

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Feel the cool breeze and the one

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Right there in, in my garden

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Puerto Rican Nursery Rhymes

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And angels, and angels, and the snow and thyme

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But I'm keeping my mind on that rose

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In a church in Spanish Harlem

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Yeah, and if we go, if we go down one time

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The next time will not be the last time, and I'm

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Keeping my mind on that, contemplating that rose

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Up in a church in Spanish Harlem

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And if we go down one time, you know

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The next time it won't be the last time

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And I'm contemplating that rose

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In a church in Spanish Harlem

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And I'm contemplating that rose

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In a church in Spanish Harlem

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And I'm contemplating, and I'm contemplating that rose

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In a church in Spanish Harlem

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And I'm contemplating that rose

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In a church in Spanish Harlem

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And I'm contemplating that rose

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In a church, in a church in Spanish Harlem