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Coming here; a8 [3 t4 H: n c
Settling down& B7 [ T; C6 V0 S
was easier for you. E' O C5 q% L* ?4 G
Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
; r2 u8 d& u$ M3 Tgo and come back6 E2 m; W% H w! d
We never did
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leave our children
$ c3 Z% S4 P% v' r$ Y0 Jand their children
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' I+ D8 n8 G7 g5 H: P8 |-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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