Gull Lake In A Peach-Plum Dawn

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[Verse 1]
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Out on Gull lake, in a peach-plum dawn, in your Edson boat, I’m safe.
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A summer day, pulling walleye up, then the morning comes. I’m awake,
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and the pain starts in my sternum, then it radiates.
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When I see your face, made of brick and stone, it’s strong and bold and brave.
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It starts to fade, and you’re weaker now, cursing these goddamn legs.
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I know you gotta go, but I was hoping that you’d stay.

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Hoping you’d stay. Hoping you’d stay.

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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At Erin Ridge, where I’d come from school when I was faking sick.
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You’d take me in. When the world got dark, you let me be a kid,
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and I know you couldn’t stay, but I really wish you did.

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I wish you did. I wish you did.
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I wish you did. I wish you did.

[Outro]
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You told me not to get old.
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You felt the weight in your bones.
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I knew you needed to go,
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but I felt so alone.

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You told me not to get old.
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Watching your light go out slow,
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with a lump in my throat.
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Wish we were back on your boat.


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You told me not to get old.
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You told me not to get old.
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You told me not to get old.
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Wish we were back on your boat.
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Wish we were back on your boat.