Ode To Laurie

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I was lost then too 
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In the madness of my you-uth 
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I prayed to the stars, that night would end soon 
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Far from the faces I knew 
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What did I try to prove 

In 1937, the year I hit the ground 
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I closed the door on my family, and left without a sound 
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I walked without direction, finally unbound 
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I was travelling light as air. 
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Then into Puerto Vigo, like a rust-corroded wreck 
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Dust on my shoulders, and feathers round my neck 
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I produced my fiddle for coins and lumps of bread 
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we waltzed. 
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I guess I had it coming, I knew he had it planned 
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By the dirt on his collar, the gun hidden in his hand 
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I'd rise up to meet him, If I had the strength to stand 
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And howl in the blistering sun 
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By the end of September, the war was closing in 
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The courtyards were empty, supplies were wearing thin 
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I blew in the with the leaves, and I'll always be a stranger 
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From now until forever, to the bitter end. 
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When I saw her cross the river, she was waist deep in the mud 
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Let me bathe in those waters, where the mountain torrent floods 
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I'd leave my companion to die in his blood 
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To sleep with the wolves again. 
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I was lost then too 
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In the madness of my you-uth 
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I prayed to the stars that night would end soon 
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God only knows what I tried to prove 
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Carelessly burning my roots 
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It was something I had to do 

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And when the dust had settled, the cannon fire unwound 
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I walked high in the Sierras, I'm never coming down 
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Back to Almería, where the fascists finally drowned 
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Beyond that dreadful stretch of sand.