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Artist: Damien Rice
Canonical path: /damien-rice/the-animals-were-gone
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The Animals Were Gone
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The Animals Were Gone
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Woke up them for the first time
The animals were gone
It's left this house empty now
Not shure if belong
Yesterday you asked me
To write you a pleasant song
I'll do my best now
But you've been gone for so long
Window is open now
And the winter settled in
We'll call it christmas
When the adverts begin
I love your depression
And i love your double chin
I love almost everything
That you bring to this offering
Oh, i know that i've left you
In places of dispair
Oh, i know that i love you
So please throw down your hair
At night i trip without you
And hope i don't wake up
This waking up without you
It's like drinking from an empty cup
Woke up them for the first time
The animals were gone
Our clocks are ticking now
So before our time is gone
We could get a house and some boxers and on the lawn
We can make babies in accidental songs
I know i've been a lier
And i know i've been a fool
I hope we didn't break it
But i'm glad we broke the rules
My cave is deep now
Yet your life is shining through
I cover my eyes
Still what i see is you
Oh, i know that i've left you
In places of dispair
Oh, i know that i love you
So please throw down your hair
At night i trip without you
And hope that i don't wake up
This waking up without you
It's like drinking from an empty cup
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