Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Bob Dylan
Canonical path: /bob-dylan/this-nearly-was-mine
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This Nearly Was Mine
Read This Nearly Was Mine lyrics by Bob Dylan on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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This Nearly Was Mine
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One dream in my heart, one love to be living for
One love to be living for, this nearly was mine
One girl for my dream, one partner in paradise
This promise of paradise, this nearly was mine
Close to my heart she came, only to fly away
Only to fly as day flies from moonlight
Now, now I'm alone, still dreaming of paradise
Still saying that paradise once nearly was mine
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Bob Dylan performs "This Nearly Was Mine", and this lyric page sits inside the Bob Dylan catalog on LyroVerse.
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