got a message in my head
that the papers had all come
Richard Manuel is dead
and the daylight's coming on
I've been wandering through the dark
now I'm standing on the lawn

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if I could give all my love to you
I could justify myself
but I'm just not coming though
you're a pill to ease the pain
of all the stupid things I do
I'm an anchor on the line
of a clock that tells the time
that is running out on you

it was cold when I awoke
and the day was halfway done
nearly spring in San Francisco
and I cannot feel the sun
you were sleeping next to me
but I know you'd be gone

refr.

take some time before you go
to think of mondays coming down
and the people that you knew
and the ones that aren't around
you've been fading day tot day
I've been moving town to town

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