Forever And A Day

	  		
Intro 
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Verse 
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When the cold nights of winter weigh heavy on my mind 
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I walk down to the river to ease my worried mind 
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I can see the reflection of the moon on every ice floe in the bay 
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And I know that you’ll soon be on your way 

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And when the pines stand tall and silent, beneath the starry sky 
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The letter that you wrote me, I read a thousand times 
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I can see the reflection of your face on every ice floe in the bay 
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And I know that you’ll soon be on your way 
 
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Come back home to the ones that love you true 
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Come back home to the ones that miss you so 
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Seems like you were gone forever 
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But for you I’ll wait forever and a day 
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And I know that you’ll soon be on your way
 

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Verse 
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When the first rays of sunshine, come melt the night away 
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On the day you return, I will walk down to the bay 
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And I’ll wait by the water, ‘til the ship pulls in that took you far away 
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Oh, mother dear, I miss you more each day 

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And my brother and my father, I know they miss you, too 
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The waiting would be easy, if only we could know 
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Have you reached your destination in some far off shore, wherever it may lay? 
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And I know that you’ll soon be on your way 

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Come back home to the ones that love you true 
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Come back home to the ones that miss you so 
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Seems like you were gone forever 
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But for you I’ll wait forever and a day 
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And I know that you’ll soon be on your way 


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Seems like you've been gone forever 
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But for you I’ll wait forever and a day 
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And I know that you’ll soon be on your way