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[Verse]
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It's cold along the coast tonight
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The wind is on the rise
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There's a storm come up from Africa
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And it's tearing up the skies
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The sand from the Sahara
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Cuts deep into your skin
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Close your eyes so you cannot see
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What's carried on the wind, the wind
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What's carried on the wind

[Verse]
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People talk in whispers
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People hide their eyes
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The wind blows ever stronger
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And it covers up their cries
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They close down the shutters
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They bar the door
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The wind taps at the window
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Like a painted whore, the whore
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Like a painted whore

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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I will hold you close tonight
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I will keep you warm
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I will keep the dream alive
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And stand against the storm
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As long as I am able
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I will not bend
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I will be true to you
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And faithful to the end, the end
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And faithful to the end

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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When the final bell is tolled
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Will we shake in fear?
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Or raise our glass just one more time
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Pretend we didn't hear
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We think that we're immortal
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Somehow the song lives on
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Maybe whistled in the wind
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When everything is gone, is gone
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When everything is gone

[Outro]
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