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I Try

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I awake, cut like a field mouse
wrapped in your arms i know the house is still asleep

Seasons pass in a hurry
Do not forget he said
I know you best of all

I burn, I break, I try to do right
You ache, you kiss, you curse
But you lie with me tonight

I am a wisp of a woman
Caught in a gust of wind
I disappear like smoke

You are
Cover to cover
From beginning to end my friend
The man you ought to be

I burn, I break, I try to do right
You ache, you kiss, you curse
But you lie with me tonight

I burn, I break, I try to do right
You ache, you kiss, you curse
But you lie with me tonight

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mistylynn On Jan 30, 2012

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mistylynn

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2012-01-30 20:18:23

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