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Breaks your knees and leaves you so

 The sun can burn you up and wear you out

 It's an angry summer

There's no room to smile

 When the face you make just before you cry

 Looks so young like a child

 The sun will set on this my dear

 Your labors aren't in vain

 You're blistered and you're burned from it

Your wounds are gonna heal

 Life on earth will end for all conceived

 And prove to be only a breath,

 A mist, a womb for what's to come

How soon forever arrives Am....G

 The sun will set on this my dear

 Your labors aren't in vain

 You're blistered and you're burned from it

Your wounds are gonna heal

Steadfast my love

 The end is near

 Just keep your eyes ahead

 Grab hold of me

 I'll help you there

 You're never on your own

 You're never all alone

Life on earth will end for all conceived

 And prove to be only a breath,

 A mist, a womb for what's to come

How soon forever arrives

Breaks your knees and leaves you so

 The sun can burn you up and wear you out

 It's an angry summer

Don't look at the past again

 The first and last has made everything new

 And you are too So lift your head

And let your story be told

Life on earth will end for all conceived

 And prove to be only a breath,

 A mist, a womb for what's to come

How soon forever arrives

 The sun will set on this my dear

 Your labors aren't in vain

 You're blistered and you're burned from it

Your wounds are gonna heal (forever arrives)

 The sun will set on this my dear

 Your labors aren't in vain

Life on earth will end for all conceived

 And prove to be only a breath,

 A mist, a womb for what's to come

How soon forever arrives