My heart is full today
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For the recently departed
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Of sorrow and of sympathy
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Into that land uncharted
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The old man turned away from me
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The stairway he ascended
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I heard his struggle through the night
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with Saturn¡¯s hand extended
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All those nights when you can¡¯t sleep
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Your heart and mind is racing
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Are you standing on that bridge
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Which way are you facing?
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I stared upon his body as
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My soul was filled with wonder
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I stayed there frozen in one place
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I could not be pulled asunder
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All those nights when you can¡¯t sleep
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Your heart and mind is racing
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Are you standing on that bridge
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Which way are you facing?
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I¡¯d sent him upstairs with a kiss
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Now he lay in light of silver
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It seemed to me I saw that bridge
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That he had taken over
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Should I make the move to him?
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He wasn¡¯t mine for claiming
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I witnessed all there was to see
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And withdrew without the naming
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When I knew that he had been
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So much more than sleeping
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I stayed with him the afternoon
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In a kind of vigil keeping
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All those nights when you can¡¯t sleep
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Your heart and mind is racing
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Are you standing on that bridge
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Which way are you facing?
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My heart is full today
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For the recently departed
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Of sorrow and of sympathy
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Into that land uncharted.
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Silver Bridge
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Suzanne Vega |