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Build me a boat deep in your heart,

 On the currents of your soul, I will row, I will chart

My journey will be, this story my own

 As we wander side by side into the great unknown

Throw me a bone, cast me a line

 Light my cigarette and I will open your bottle of wine

But I won't taste a drop, won't make a scene

 I will live my life on the edge of that gorgeous ravine

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 But oh, would it be to hold the sun?

 Oh, it aint me, your light shines down on everyone

Sing me a tune about me and you

Sing of the holy road and the phases of the Aries moon

But don't string me along, don't shelter me where I stand

Yeah, I know what it's like to be the one with the hammer in your hand

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But oh, would it be to hold the sun?

Oh, it aint me, your light shines down on everyone

My baby the sun

So, build me a boat deep in your heart

Hold me there forever more, long after we part

'Cause I'm reading the birds, walking a line

You will live in me, my darlin', till the end of time

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But oh, would it be to hold the sun?

Oh, it aint me, your light shines down on everyone

My baby the sun