Standard (EADGBE)
I thought I'd take a walk today
It's a mistake I sometimes make
The kids lay asleep in be-ed
My wife lay wide-awake
I kissed her softly on the bro-ow
I tried not to make a sound
But with stony eyes she looked at me
And gently squeezed my hand
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Call it a premonition, call it a crazy vision
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Call it intuitio-o-on, something learned from mother
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But when she looked up at me, I could clearly see
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The Sword of Damocles hanging directly above her
Oh Lord Oh my Lord
Oh Lord
How have I offended thee?
Wrap your tender arms around me
Oh Lord Oh Lord
Oh My Lo-o-o-ord
They called at me through the fence
They were not making any sense
They claimed that I had lost the plot
Kept saying that I was not
The man I used to be
They held their babes aloft
Threw marsh mellows at the Security
And said that I'd grown soft
Call it intuition, call it a creeping suspicion,
But their words of derision meant they hardly knew me
For even I could see in the way they looked at me
The Spear of Destiny sticking right through me
Oh Lord Oh my lord
Oh Lord
How have I offended thee?
Wrap your tender arms round me
Oh Lord Oh lord
Oh My Lord