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Last night I dreamed that  
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I was a child 
 
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Out where the pines grow  
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Wild and tall 
 
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I was trying to  
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  Make it home through the forest 
 
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Before the dar-ar-arkness falls 
 
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I heard the wind rustling  
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  Through the trees 
 
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And ghostly voices  
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Rose from the fields 
 
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I ran with my heart pounding  
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Down that broken path 
 
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With the dev-il-il  
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Snapping at my heels 
 
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I broke through the trees, and  
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  There in the night 
 
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My father's house stood  
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Shining hard and bright 
 
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The branches and brambles  
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Tore my clothes and scratched my arms 
  
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But I ran till I fell,  
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Shaking in his arms  
 
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I awoke and I imagined  
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The hard things that pulled us apart 
 
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Would never again, sir,  
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Tear us from each other's hearts 
 
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I got dressed,  
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And to that house  
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I did ride 
 
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From out on the road,  
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I could see its windows shining in light 
 
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I walked up the steps and  
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  Stood on the porch 
 
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A woman I didn't recognize  
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Came and spoke to me through a chained door 
 
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I told her my story,  
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  And who I'd come for 
  
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She said "I'm sorry, son,  
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But no one by that name lives here anymore" 
 
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VERSE: 
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My father's house shines  
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Hard and bright 
 
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It stands like a beacon  
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Calling me in the night 
 
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Calling and calling,  
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  So cold and alone 
 
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Shining `cross this dark highway  
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Where our sins  
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Lie unatoned