Inviolate     (video)

 

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1. John Duhan they call me after you,

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    oh, brother, the blessing, it’s been a burden, too.

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    Cast in the shadow of your early death,

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    while you remain       inviolate.

 

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2. Two cousins leaving our heart,

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    Granddad’s in Europe, so white and smart.

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    Father at sea, mother an inmate,

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    and you all remain       inviolate.

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    Free up the strain that weighed on our hearts,

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    creating the pain       that still tears our home apart.

 

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3. I once climbed the branches of our old pear tree

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    and found some hard food where none used to be.

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    It tasted bitter, still we are late

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    and you remain      inviolate.

 

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(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Johnny Duhan)