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I followed every sound
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Watched them roll around
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Heard the pop, the crackle
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Living in her mouth
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Each vowel was a wonder
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I wanted just to touch her
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Fold her in my arms and
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Take her home to mother
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Tall men from the North came
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Dark men from the North they
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Drove us to the dry lands
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Where nothing ever grows
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So her ways became our ways
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All I know she taught me
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To follow the great herds
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Dig life from the earth
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(Chorus)
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Promise me you¡¯ll never go
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I have made your heart my home
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And the love that you give is enough to keep me from now on
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(Bridge)
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I miss the rolling fields, the cattle at my heels
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I miss the spring in green, the maize my sisters grew
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I miss the rain on the roof as I lay with you
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(Chorus)
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Promise me you¡¯ll never go
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I have made your heart my home
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And the love that you give is enough to keep me from now on
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From Now On
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