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Artist: Barclay James Harvest
Canonical path: /barclay-james-harvest/spirit-on-the-water
Related lyric paths: 6
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Spirit On the Water
Read Spirit On the Water lyrics by Barclay James Harvest on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Spirit On the Water
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There's a Spirit Floating On the Water
There's a Shadow Lying Down By the Shore
Wasn't He There a Year Before?
A Sacrifice For the Coat He's Wearing
A 'paradise' For the Lady
Who Dares Colour Him Red Upon the Shore?
We Carry the Burden Upon Our Shoulder
We Carry Their Lives in the Palm of Our Hand
Don't You Care About the State You're In
Or Don't You Understand?
See the Spirit Floating On the Water
See the Shadow Lying Down By the Shore
Wasn't He There Some Years Before?
We Carry the Burden Upon Our Shoulder
We Carry Their Lives in the Palm of Our Hand
Don't You Care About the State You're In
Or Don't You Understand?
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Barclay James Harvest performs "Spirit On the Water", and this lyric page sits inside the Barclay James Harvest catalog on LyroVerse.
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