I was born on the banks of Eternity,
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A page of the history it teaches.
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Not a care, lived my life like a hurricane,
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Leaving everything along the way in pieces.
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Some may have cheered, some may have wondered,
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If I am flesh, if I am stone.
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Thoughts of you tear through me like thunder.
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You are the light that has led me back home.
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Take me to the river, baby.
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Wash away the lies.
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I've got no reputation living in your eyes.
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Take me to Eternity.
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Let me bury this disguise.
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A Southern boy has it harder sometimes.
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It's like you were climbing a razor.
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You were there when my dreams had all turned to dust,
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And the man in the mirror was a stranger.
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Look at me now, a soulless survivor.
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No mask can hide the man that I've made.
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You ease my pain. You make it silent.
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Slowly I feel it beginning to fade.
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Take me to the river, baby.
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Wash away the lies.
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I've got no reputation living in your eyes.
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Take me to Eternity.
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Let me bury this disguise.
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I want to feel it,
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Rushing over me into the tide.
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I want to taste it,
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Every moment 'til the end of my life!
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[Guitar Interlude]
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I have laid still, adrift in your memory,
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Hoping your faith would erase all the years.
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Maybe some time, maybe some magic,
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Maybe your love will make everything clear.
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Take me to the river, baby.
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Wash away the lies.
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I've got no reputation living in your eyes.
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Take me to Eternity.
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Let me bury this disguise.
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Take me to the river, baby.
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Wash away the lies.
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There are no expectations hiding in your eyes.
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Take me to Eternity.
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Let me bury this... disguise.
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Eternity
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Richard Marx |