• Song:

    The Storyman

  • Artist:

    Chris De Burgh

  • Album:

    The Storyman

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I lived my life in the words of a Storyman,
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Watched my dreams from the years gone by,
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Heard my voice in the songs of a Storyman,
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Always by my side, always by my side;

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I saw him first in a castle by candlelight,
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Turning round with a golden key,
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I heard a train far away, and a whistle blow,
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Like a baby's cry, 'twas like a baby's cry;

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Ravens stood on the walls of Jerusalem ,
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Sailors danced at the borderline,
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Light a fire on the road to the ferryman,
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Emotions running high, in the summertime;

--> Chorus
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Take me back to the places I've never been,
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Take me back to another time,
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Take me back to a world I have never seen,
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Only in my mind, only in my mind;

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Late last night I met up with a lady-love,
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Dressed in red, didn't say goodbye,
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Carry me to the last time I showed her what
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Tender hands can do, and I'll be missing you;
Chorus -->

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Follow the light that's shining on to where we will be going,
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Up to Heaven, Paradise, or to the heart divine;
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It's in the echoes of a child, waiting for the journey,
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The spirit of one world;


Oh
Chorus -->

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I lived my life in the words of a Storyman......
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