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[Verse]
   April sun on Slapton Lea,  between the lagoon and 
the haunted sea

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    I was thinking of war and cruelty when spring's first swallow split the sky

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     And I was lifted above all care as the swallow swung through the salted air

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     Come from savannah and desert and sea to mark ano
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  ther year for me.
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[Verse 2]

A sailor's tattoo like a prayer on my arm to bring me home and safe from harm

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Though rocks may melt and seas may burn dark swift and bright swallow will always return

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Bright swallow sweet spirit of stockyard and barn you lighten our days with all of your charm

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Bring hope to the sailor upon the wide sea and mark another year for me

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[Verse 3]

Swifts scythe and scream through the city dusk late to come and first to leave

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But come they do and leave they must hot August nights their absence grieve

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And how we'll miss their impudent glee; this devil's bitch; this mystery

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This sprite that sleeps upon the breeze and flies and feeds behind the storm

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[Verse 4]

   April sun on Slapton Lea  between the lagoon and the haunted sea

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    I was thinking of war and cruelty when spring's first swallow split the sky

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      And I was lifted above all care as the swallow swung through the salted air

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   Come from savannah and desert and sea to mark anoth
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  er year for me.
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[Outro]
                                       And for you, my 
love, and eternity

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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up