Bruce Springsteen : Working On A Dream

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He was born a little baby on the Appalachian Trail

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At six months old he'd done three months in jail

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He robbed a bank in his diapers and his little bare baby feet

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All he said was "Folks, my name is Outlaw Pete"

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I'm Outlaw Pete!

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I'm Outlaw Pete!

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Can you hear me?

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Doo, doo, doo, doo doo At twenty-five a mustang pony he did steal And they rode around and 'round on heaven's wheel Father Jesus, I'm an outlaw killer and a thief And I slowed down only to sow my grief I'm Outlaw Pete! I'm Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? Doo, doo, doo, doo doo

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They cut his trail of tears across the countryside

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And where he went, women wept and men died One night he awoke from a vision of his own death Saddled his pony and rode her deep into the West Married a Navajo girl and settled down on the res And as the smoke fell he held that beautiful daughter to his chest

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I'm Outlaw Pete!

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I'm Outlaw Pete!

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Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me?

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Out of the East on an Irish stallion came Bounty Hunter Dan

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His heart quickened and burdened by the need to get his man

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He found Pete peacefully fishing by the river, pulled his gun and got the drop

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He said, "Pete, you think you've changed, but you have not" He cocked his pistol, pulled the trigger and shouted, "Let it stop!" He drew a knife from his boot, threw it and pierced Dan through the heart Dan smiled as he laid in his own blood dying in the sun And whispered in Pete's ear, "We cannot undue these things we've done"

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You're Outlaw Pete!

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You're Outlaw Pete!

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Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me? For forty days and nights Pete rode and did not stop Till he sat high upon an icy mountain top He watched the hawk on a desert updraft slip and slide Moved to the edge and dug his spurs deep into his pony's side |

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| Some say Pete and his pony vanished over the edge Some say they remain frozen high upon that icy ledge

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The young Navajo girl washes in the river, skin so fair And braids a piece of Pete's buckskin chaps into her hair

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Outlaw Pete!

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Outlaw Pete!

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Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me?

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Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? |

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In the room where fortune falls

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On a day when chance is all

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In the dark of fierce exile

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I felt the grace of your smile

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Honey, you're my lucky day

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Baby, you're my lucky day

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Well I lost all the other bets I made

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Honey, you're my lucky day When I see strong hearts give way To the burdens of the day To the weary hands of time Where fortune is not kind Honey, you're my lucky day Baby, you're my lucky day Well I lost all the other bets I made Honey, you're my lucky day Whoa! |

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| I've waited at your side I've carried the tears you've cried But to win, darlin' we must play So don't hide your heart away Honey, you're my lucky day Baby, you're my lucky day Well I lost all the other bets I made Honey, you're my lucky day Whoa! |

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Out here the nights are long the days are lonely

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I think of you and, I'm working on a dream

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I'm working on a dream Now the cards I've drawn it's a rough hand darling I straighten my back and, I'm working on a dream I'm working on a dream

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I'm working on a dream, though sometimes it feels so far away

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I'm working on a dream, and I know it will be mine someday Rain pouring down I swing my hammer My hands are rough from, working on a dream From working on a dream I'm working on a dream, though trouble can feel like its here to stay I'm working on a dream, our love will chase the trouble away

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I'm working on a dream, though it can feel so far away I'm working on a dream, our love will make it real someday Sunrise come I climb the ladder The new day breaks and, I'm working on a dream I'm working on a dream

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I'm working on a dream

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I'm working on a dream I'm working on a dream, though it can feel so far away I'm working on a dream, our love will make it real someday I'm working on a dream, though it can feel so far away I'm working on a dream, our love will make it real someday

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La la la la la la la la la

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There's a wonderful world where all you desire

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And everything you've longed for is at your fingertips

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Where the bittersweet taste of life is at your lips

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Where aisles and aisles of dreams awaits you

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And the cool promise of ecstasy fills the air

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At the end of each working day she's waiting there

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I'm in love with Queen of the Supermarket

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As the evening sky turns blue

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A dream awaits in aisle number two

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With my shopping cart I move through the heart of

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A sea of fools so blissfully unaware

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That they're in the presence of something wonderful and rare

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The way she moves behind the counter

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Beneath her white apron her secrets remain hers

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As she bags the groceries, her eyes so bored and sure she's unobserved

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I'm in love with Queen of the Supermarket

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There's nothing I can say

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Each night I take my groceries and I drift away

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And I drift away

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Guidance from the gods above

A7

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At night I pray for the strength to tell her

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Why I love, I love, I love, I love her so

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I take my place in the checkout line

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For one moment her eyes meet mine

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I'm lifted up, lifted up, lifted up, lifted up, away

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I'm in love with Queen of the Supermarket

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Though her company cap covers her hair

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Nothing can hide the beauty waiting there, the beauty waiting there

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I'm in love with Queen of the Supermarket

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I'm in love with Queen of the Supermarket

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As I lift my groceries in to my car

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I turn back for a moment and catch her smile

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That blows this whole fucking place apart

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I'm in love with Queen of the Supermarket

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(I'm in love with Queen of the Supermarket)

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I'm in love with Queen of the Supermarket

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(I'm in love with Queen of the Supermarket)

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There's a pillar in the temple where I carved your name

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There's a soul sitting sad and blue

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Now the remedies you've taken are all in vain

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Let me show you what love can do

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Let me show you what love can do

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Darling I can't stop the rain

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Or turn your black sky blue

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Well, let me show you what love can do

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Let me show you what love can do Well, now our truth lay shattered, we stood at world's end As the dead sun rose in view Well, if any of this matters, a kiss my friend Let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do Darling we can't stop this train When it comes crashing through But let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do

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On the bench you lie on all it s nails and rust And the love you've given's turned ashes and dust When the hope you've gathered drifted to the wind

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It's you and I now, friend, you and I now, friend

Instrumental verse

Here our memory lay corrupted our city lay dry Let me make this vow to you Here where it's blood for blood, and an eye for an eye Let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do

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Here we bear the mark of Cain

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But let the light shine through

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Let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do Let me show you what love can do

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Capo:

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A bang then stardust in your eyes

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A billion years for just this night

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In a way it will be alright A blackness then the light of a million stars As you slip into in my car The evening sky strikes sparks

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This life, this life and then the next

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With you I have been blessed

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What more can you expect? At night at my telescope alone This emptiness I've roamed Searching for a home The stars, a brief string of shining charms Rushing in right out of our arms Into the drifting dark This life, this life and then the next With you I have been blessed What more can you expect? This life, this life and then the next I finger the hem of your dress My universe at rest

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We reach for starlight all night long

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But gravity is too strong

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Chained to this earth we go on and on and on and on and on

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Then a million sighs cresting were you stood

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A beauty in the neighborhood

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This lonely planet never looked so good This life, this life and then the next With you I have been blessed What more can you expect? This life, this life and then the next I finger the hem of your dress My universe at rest

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F#m

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4x

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Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!

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I was standing by the river where the cold black water runs

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I was standing by the river where the cold black water runs

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I had my good eye to the dark and my blind eye to the sun I had all of the riches, I had each and every one I had all of the riches, I had each and every one I had my good eye to the dark and my blind eye to the sun |

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Well I swore you were my darling, yeah, you were the only one Since I swore you were my darling, you were the only one Had my good eye to the dark and my blind eye to the sun |

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Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!

Capo:

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Where the cold wind blows

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Tomorrow never knows

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Where your sweet smile goes

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Tomorrow never knows

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You and me we've been standing here, my dear

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Waiting for that time to come

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Where the green grass grows

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Tomorrow never knows

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In the field your long hair flows

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Down by the tail end of the tracks

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Beneath the water tower

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I carried you on my back

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Over the rusted spikes of that highway of steel

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When no more thunder sounds

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Where the turn goes

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Tomorrow never knows

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Well, he who waits for the day's riches will be lost

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In the whispering tide

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Where the river flows

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Tomorrow never knows

Capo:

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D/f#

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D/f#

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D/f#

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We met down in the valley, where the wine of love and destruction flowed There in that curve of darkness where flowers of temptation grow I left the rest for the others it was you and nothing else You felt so good to me baby, good as life itself

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F#m

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You were life itself, rushing over me Life itself, the wind in black elms Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes

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I can't make it without you I knew you were in trouble, anyone could tell You carried your little black book from which all your secrets fell You squandered all your riches, your love, your beauty and your wealth Like you had no further use for, for life itself You were life itself, rushing over me Life itself, the wind in black elms Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes I can't make it without you

Guitar Solo

Why do the things that we treasure most slip away in time Till to the music we grow deaf and to God's beauty blind Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart Till we fall away in our own darkness, stranger to our own hearts And to life itself, rushing over me Life itself, the wind in black elms Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes I can't make it without you

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So here's one for the road

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Here's one to your health And to life itself, rushing over me Life itself, the wind in black elms Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes I can't make it without you

Capo:

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With you I don't hear the minutes ticking by

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I don't feel the hours as they fly

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I don't see the summer as it wanes

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Just a subtle change of light upon your face

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Walk away, walk away, walk away, walk away

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This is our kingdom of days I watch the sun as it rises and sets I watch the moon trace its arc with no regret My jacket around your shoulders, the falling leaves The wet grass on our backs as the autumn breeze, drifts through the trees

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Walk away, walk away, walk away, walk away

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This is our kingdom of days

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This is our kingdom of days

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I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I do

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You whisper then prove it, then prove it, then prove it, to me baby blue

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When I count my blessings and you're mine for always

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We laugh beneath the covers

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And count the wrinkles and the grays

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Sing away, sing away, sing away, sing away

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Sing away, sing away, my darling, we'll sing away

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This is our kingdom of days, (this is our kingdom of)

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This is our kingdom of days (this is our kingdom of)

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This is our kingdom of days...

Capo:

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Well, surprise, surprise, surprise

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Yeah, surprise, surprise, surprise

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Well, surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes

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And let your love shine down Well, surprise, surprise, surprise Yeah, surprise, surprise, surprise Well, surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down

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Well today is your birthday

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We've traveled so far we two

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So let's blow out the candles on your cake

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And we'll raise a glass or two

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And when the sun comes out tomorrow

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It'll be the start of a brand new day

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And all that you have wished for

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I know will come your way Well, surprise, surprise, surprise Yeah, surprise, surprise, surprise Well, surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down

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In the hollow of the evening

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As you lay your head to rest

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May the evening stars scatter a shining

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Crown upon your breast In the darkness of the morning As the sky struggles to light May the rising sun caress and bless Your soul throughout your life

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Well, surprise, surprise, surprise Yeah, surprise, surprise, surprise Well, surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down Well, surprise, surprise, surprise Yeah, surprise, surprise, surprise Well, surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes And let your love shine down

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And let your love shine down (let your love shine down)

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Let your love shine down (let your love shine down)

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Let your love shine down

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Surprise, surprise, come on open your eyes

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And let your love shine down

Capo:

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Sun down, sun down

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They're taking all the tents down

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Where have you gone my handsome Billy? Sun down, sun down The carnival trains leaving town Where are you now darling Billy?

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We won't be dancing together on the high wire

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Facing the lions with you at my side anymore

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We won't be breathing the smoke and the fire

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On a midway Hanging from the trapeze, my wrists waiting for your wrists Two daredevils high upon the wall of death You throwing the knife, it lands inches from my heart Sun down

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Moon rise, moon rise

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The light that was in your eyes is gone away Daybreak, daybreak The thing in you that made me ache is gonna stay We'll be riding the train without you tonight The train that keeps on moving, its black smoke scorching the evening sky Millions of stars shining above us like every soul living and dead It's been gathered together by God, sing a hymn over your bones Sun down, sun down Empty are the fairgrounds Where are you now handsome Billy?

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Hi Hi Hi...

Capo:

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Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free?

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If you've ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me

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Have you ever seen a one-legged dog making its way down the street?

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If you've ever seen a one-legged dog then you've seen me

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Then you've seen me, I come and stand at every door

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Then you've seen me, I always leave with less than I had before

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Then you've seen me, bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor

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Dm7/f

Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more?

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Tell me can you ask for anything more? |

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Have you ever seen a scarecrow filled with nothing but dust and wheat? If you've ever seen that scarecrow then you've seen me Have you ever seen a one-armed man punching at nothing but the breeze? If you've ever seen a one-armed man then you've seen me Then you've seen me, I come and stand at every door Then you've seen me, I always leave with less than I had before Then you've seen me, bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more?

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) Tell me can you ask for anything more?

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These things that have comforted me, I drive away

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This place that is my home I cannot stay

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G/b

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My only faith's in the broken bones and bruises I display

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Dm7/f

Have you ever seen a one-legged man trying to dance his way free? If you've ever seen a one-legged man then you've seen me |

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Bruce Springsteen : Working On A Dream
2009

Outlaw Pete

My Lucky Day

Working On A Dream

Queen Of The Supermarket

What Love Can Do

This Life

Good Eye

Tomorrow Never Knows

Life Itself

Kingdom Of Days

Surprise, Surprise

The Last Carnival

The Wrestler

Bruce Springsteen : Working On A Dream 2009

Outlaw Pete

My Lucky Day

Working On A Dream

Queen Of The Supermarket

What Love Can Do

This Life

Good Eye

Tomorrow Never Knows

Life Itself

Kingdom Of Days

Surprise, Surprise

The Last Carnival

The Wrestler

Bruce Springsteen : Working On A Dream
2009