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Artist: Chris Whitley
Canonical path: /chris-whitley/assassin-song
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Assassin Song
Read Assassin Song lyrics by Chris Whitley on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Assassin Song
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I come from far away
anywhere I am is home
if you could make me stay
you'd only always be alone
Under greying skies
we receive
the endless summer gone
as the lost refrain
of an assassin song
Well I slide through town
a still and silent mist
till you can see right down
the killers you have kissed
And you may recall
in between the silences at home
a distant serenade
of an assassin song
In the shadow play
no history machine
in tensions untamed
the mysteries are green
Under bleeding skies
unobserved
you slip away at dawn
with the lonesome sound
of an assassin song
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Chris Whitley performs "Assassin Song", and this lyric page sits inside the Chris Whitley catalog on LyroVerse.
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