[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
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How long, how 

long must I ru

n
             
Before my shad

            
ows have left 

         
my side for go

od
             
Until my eyes 

           
can no longer 

          
lie as they do

[Verse 2]
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And oh, how so

            
on, how soon w

           
ill you fly
             
Away to where 

          
your a-an-gel 

    
once stood
             
Next to nothin

           
g his heart wa

             
s pure and see

  
med true

[Interlude]
       
                    ()

[Verse 3]
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Well my dear, 

my dearest fri

end
             
Wild and troub

            
led, is it my 

            
cold hands you


 fear
             
Or the world t

          
hat lies behin

       
d their  touch

[Verse 4]
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Oh, how soon, 

           
how soon will 

        
you fly
           
Away to a kind

          
er hope it's c

lear
             
Next to nothin

           
g a world I'll

     
 never know

[Interlude]
      
          x2     ()

[Verse 5]
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Oh, how long, 

       
how long must 

   
I seek
             
Stones this wo

          
rld has left u


nturned
             
Hold them high

          
, just before 

       
they're thrown

[Verse 6]
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Oh, how soon, 

           
how soon will 

        
you fly
             
My eyes can no

          
 longer wait u


nknowing
             
Because next t

            
o nothing you 

        
are all I   wa

nt
             
And next to no

           
thing you are 

     
all I   want