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Are you staying or going?
We're leaving the driveway
We'll call if it's close
Now don't you worry
[Chorus]
Follow the light over
Leave us behind
Hello, she will be here
Not too many more days
Speak up in a hurry
So there won't be pain
[Chorus 2x]
Put my face in a shoulder
Red eyes have swollen
The pipes of the organ
A little consolation
A little consolation
Ascend in the night away
Ascend in the night away
Ascend in the night away
We're leaving the driveway
We'll call if it's close
Now don't you worry
[Chorus]
Follow the light over
Leave us behind
Hello, she will be here
Not too many more days
Speak up in a hurry
So there won't be pain
[Chorus 2x]
Put my face in a shoulder
Red eyes have swollen
The pipes of the organ
A little consolation
A little consolation
Ascend in the night away
Ascend in the night away
Ascend in the night away
Lyrics submitted by toadtws
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