Alone But Not Alone
 
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I’m stretched out like a canvas ‘neath a blue and endless sky
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Staring up through cattle bones as cotton balls roll by
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I swear I see a rose up there so beautiful and white
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If I so much as blink an eye I could lose her in this light

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Out here in this deserted land the future looks so vast
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Like every little grain of sand and every blade of grass

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I’m alone but not alone
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Something inside me is trying to guide me on my long way back home
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I’m alone but not alone

Only with these stolen words can I unpack my heart
While you rise from the ashes I feel free in the dark
I swear I feel your humid breath so soft inside my ear
The day they lay my soul to rest I swear I’ll meet you there

Out here on this great expanse the wind cries over my head
At night I hear the natives dance in circles round my bed

I’m alone but not alone
Something quite near me is trying to steer me
It’s a long way back home

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I’m alone but not alone
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Goodbye California, Goodbye Tennessee, 
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Goodbye sweet Carolina, don’t worry about me

I’m alone but not alone
Something so strong is leading me on my long way back home
I’m alone but not alone




by: José Duarte
jtduarte1@gmail.com