Come Back Soon

	  		
Intro 
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verse 1 
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I remember the day of the Tennessee flood 
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The sound of the scream and the sight of the blood 
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My son he saw as the animal died 
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In the jaws of the dog as the river ran by 
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I said, "Come back soon." 

Instrumental 
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verse 2 
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It's there on the page of the book that I read 
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The boy grew up and the yearling was dead 
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He stood at the gate with the angel on guard 
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And wept for the death of his little boy heart 
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I say, "Come back soon.” 
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Come back soon 

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We wake in the night in the womb of the world 
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We beat our fists on the door 
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We cannot breathe in this sea that swirls 
     Am        G          F 
So we groan in this great darkness 
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For deliverance 
C      F        G 
Deliverance, O Lord 


Instrumental 
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verse 3 
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I sit on the bench at the bend in the trail 
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And I can feel in the fall the final exhale 
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The trees of the field all wring their hands 
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And the leaves go by like a funeral band 
        Am   G    F 
I say, "Come back soon.” 
Am   G    F 
Come back soon 

Instrumental 
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   G                        Am          F 
We wake in the night in the womb of the world 
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We beat our fists on the door 
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We cannot breathe in this sea that swirls 
      Am       G          F 
So we groan in this great darkness 
      Am        G          F 
Are we alone in this great darkness? 


Outro 
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verse 4 
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If nature's red in tooth and in claw 
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Then it seems to me that she's an outlaw 
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'Cause every death is a question mark 
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At the end of the book of a beating heart 
        Am                        G 
And the answer is scrawled in the silent dark 
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On the dome of the sky in a billion stars 
       Am                G 
But we cannot read these angel tongues 
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And we cannot stare at the burning sun 
       Am                       G 
And we cannot breathe with these broken lungs 
      F                       G 
So we kick in the womb and we beg to be born 
Am F G 
Deliverance! 
Am F G 
Deliverance, O Lord! 
Am F G 
Deliverance! 

Outro 
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