Star of Bethlehem       (intro)

 

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1.       Ain't it hard when you wake up in the morning,

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    and you find out that those other days are gone?

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    All you have is memories of happiness

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    lingerin' o............on.

 

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2.        All your dreams and your lovers won't protect you,

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    they're only passing through you in the end.

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    They'll leave you stripped of all that they can get to,

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    and wait for you to come back aga.......…...in.

 

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3.         Yet still a light is shining

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    from that lamp on down the hall,

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    maybe the star of Bethlehem

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   wasn't a star at a..........…....ll.

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Neil Young)