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A Blind Man in the Dark

Farther in the dark
I saw a blind man sing
He was a pauper
He was a kin

He sung a melody 
The melody's all I recall
The melody like a pearl
A pearl in the sea

He wanted nothing 
Not a thing from me
But only a promise that
I'll just be

Go home, go home 
To the mercy of your God
To the light that calls
To the things you grew up for

Then, he disappeared 
Taking the darkness within
Leaving light, only light there
And that's all I recall


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