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a cold December morning woke me from the window so I rose to see the frozen glow
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I could see you standing outside with Rufus at your heels
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staring at the dawn light falling pink upon the snowy fields
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and I remember what you said
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comforts the first thing we forget once the light of day has passed
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You said we've come to love the oak grove
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because the oaks are what we know and when we watched their growth we watch our own
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when I close my eye lids deep into the night
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I still can see the shape of light that shown around you all my life
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like when the co-o-old autumn rain
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so-o-oaked our skin for days
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you walked us out into the ominous graves
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to baaaaaptize our young eyes so we know that we make little ourselves
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though tiiiiiiired and freezing and the photo we remember it well
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though the pressure makes our bodies ache
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when the darkness swallows up the day
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our tiny mouths have only thanks to say