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Artist: Dar Williams
Canonical path: /dar-williams/family
Related lyric paths: 6
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Family
Read Family lyrics by Dar Williams on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Family
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Can you fix this; it's a broken heart
It was fine, but it just fell apart
It was mine but now I give it to you
Cause you can fix it, you know what to do
Let your love cover me
Like a pair of angel wings
You are my family
You are my family
You stood outside in the summer rain
Different people with a common pain
A simple box in that hard red clay
Is where we left you to always remain
Let your love cover me
Like a pair of angel wings
You are my family
You are my family
A child who played with the moon and stars
Waves a snatch of hate in a common bar
In a lonely house of Adam's fall
Lies a child, he's just a child that's all
Crying…
Let your love cover me
Like a pair of angel wings
You are my family
You are my family
You are my family
You are my family
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Dar Williams performs "Family", and this lyric page sits inside the Dar Williams catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Calamity John and Playing To The Firmament with a short reason for opening each page next.
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