Intro
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Verse 1:
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And I've come to know the wish list of my father
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I've come to know the shipwrecks where he wished
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I've come to wish allow Among the overdressed crowd
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Come to witness now the sinking of the ship
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Throwing pennies from the sea top next to it
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And I've come to roam the forest Past the village
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With a dozen lazy horses in my cart
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I've come here to get high To do more than just get by
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I've come to test the timber of my heart
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Oh I've come to test the timber of my heart
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And I've come To be untroubled in my seeking
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And I've come To see that nothing is for not
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I've come to reach out blind To reach forward and behind
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For the more I seek The more I'm sought
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Yea the more I seek The more I'm sought
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And I've come to meet the sheriff And his posse
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To offer him the broad side of my jaw
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I've come here to get broke And maybe bum a smoke
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We'll go drinking two towns over after all
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Oh we'll go drinking two towns over after all
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And I've come to meet the legendary takers
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I've only come to ask them for a lot
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Aw they say I come with less Than I should rightfully possess
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I say: The more I buy The more I'm bought
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And the more I'm bought The less I cost
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And I've come To take their servants and their surplus
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And I've come To take their raincoats and their speed
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I've come to get my fill To ransack and spill
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I've come to take the harvest for the seed
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I've come to take the harvest for the seed
BREAK:
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Verse 1:
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And I've come to know the manger you sleep in
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I've come to be the stranger that you keep
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I've come from down the road And my footsteps never slowed
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Before we met I knew we'd meet
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Before we met I knew we'd meet
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And I've come here to ignore your cries and heartaches
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I've come to closely listen to you sing
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I've come here to insist That I leave here with a kiss
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I've come to say exactly what I mean
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And I mean so many things
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And you've come To know me stubborn as a butcher
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And you've come To know me thankless as a guest
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But will you recognize my face When god's awful grace
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Strips me of my jacket and my vest
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And reveals all the treasure in my chest.