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Elegant and soft
Feminine as you ought
One with earth and one with God
Won't you please forgive me
Won't you please forgive me

As the daylight sinks
As I fail to stop and think
Once I've cursed the things I've done
Won't you please forgive me
Won't you please forgive me

Young bride take my name
Burn the questions, burn the shame
You don't have to live by them
Won't you please forgive them
Won't you please forgive them

Sleep well when the night time falls
Wait 'till morning when I call
Don't believe the bad you saw
Won't you please forgive them

Tenderness and grace
How you've come to change this place
However dangerous or safe
I will find within you
I will find within you

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thrilliam On Jun 21, 2006

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by Facimusic

15y ago

Slight correction of the lyrics:

Elegant and soft Feminine as you ought One with Earth and one with God Won't you please forgive me Won't you please forgive me

As the daylight sinks As I fail to stop and think Once I've cursed the things I've done Won't you please forgive me Won't you please forgive me

Young bride take my name Burn the questions burn the shame You don't have to live by them Won't you please forget them Won't you please forget them

Sleep well when the night time falls Wait 'till morning when I call Don't believe the bad you saw Won't you please forgive them

Tenderness and grace How you've come to change this place However dangerous or safe I'll find within you I'll find within you

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