I Am A Rock

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A winter's day 

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 In a deep and dark December; 

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I  am alone, 

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Gazing from my window to the streets below 

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On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. 

       C 
I am a rock, 

        G  C 
I am an is-land. 


           C 
I've built walls, 

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A fortress deep and mighty, 

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That none may penetrate. 

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I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. 

     Dm                F           G7 
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. 


       C 
I am a rock, 

        G  C 
I am an is-land. 


              C 
Don't talk of love, 

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I've heard the words before; 

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It's sleeping in my memory. 

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And I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. 

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If I never loved I never would have cried. 


       C 
I am a rock, 

        G  C 
I am an is-land. 



          C 
I have my books 

       F            C 
And my poetry to protect me; 

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I am shielded in my armor, 

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Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. 

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I touch no one and no one touches me. 


       C 
I am a rock, 

        G  C 
I am an is-land. 


      Dm   Em       C 
And a rock feels no pain; 

       Dm     Em    C 
And an island never cries.