Yeah, yeah
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Well, well
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I took a walk down to the port
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Where strangers meet and do consort
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All blinkered with desire
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And a winter fog moved thickly on
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A winter fog moved thickly on
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A winter fog moved thickly on
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Now, who will be the witness
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When the fog's too thick to see
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And I saw a friend beside a wall
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Her hands were raised in supplication
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And her face I could not see at all
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And I raised my hands in rage
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And brought them down again
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And we entered through the eastern door
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And I entered through the eastern door
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And she entered through the eastern door
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Now, who will be the witness
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When you're all to blind to see
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O yes, yes, yes
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And time gets somewhat muddled here
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But no matter, no matter
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Here come the events all tumbling down
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Now, beyond the wall was a great garden
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Into which we passed
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Me and my friend
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And the place was all overgrown with weeds
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And behold from its centre there rose a great fountain
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The fountain with the healing waters
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And we knelt down by the rim
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And I dipped my hand in
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And she dipped her hand in too
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And I said "Are you healed?"
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And she said "Well are you healed?"
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And I said "Yes, I'm healed"
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And she said "Well, yes I'm healed then too"
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And I said "Babe, you are a liar"
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"Babe, you are a liar"
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"Babe, you are a liar, too"
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Now, who will be the witness
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When you're all to healed to see
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And I kissed her once, I kissed her twice
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And made my way to leave her
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And she raised her hand up to her face
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And brought it down again
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I said "That gesture, it will haunt me"
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"That gesture it will haunt me"
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And I left there by the eastern door
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She left there by the western door
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Now, who will be the witness there
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When you're blind and you can't see
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Who will be the witness there
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When you're all so clean and you cannot see
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Who will be the witness there
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When your friends are everywhere
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Who will be the witness there
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And your enemies have ceased to care
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[Ad lib]
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The Witness Song
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |