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Artist: Gillian Welch
Canonical path: /gillian-welch/don-t-strike-a-match-to-the-book-of-love
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Don't Strike a Match (To The Book Of Love)
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Don't Strike a Match (To The Book Of Love)
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Ther are dreams that come to me in the night some are precious and fine
Lately all of my dreams of you are the hurting kind
Lying beside you I miss the heat and I feel so alone
I'm afraid if I fall asleep you'll be gone
When it's late at night and I close my eyes
I know what I'll be dreamin' of
See the flames go high watch the ashes fly
As you strike a match to the book of love
Honey don't strike a match to the book of love
Imagination will run so wild I can't believe that it's true
I don't want to imagine me without you
When it's late at night and I close my eyes
I know what I'll be dreamin' of
See the flames go high watch the ashes fly
As you strike a match to the book of love
When it's late at night and I close my eyes...
Honey don't strike a match to the book of love
No honey don't strike a match to the book of love
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