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Artist: Gordon Downie
Canonical path: /gordon-downie/retrace
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Retrace
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Retrace
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High as an elephant’s eye
Before we even left
And when the party had died
And as we drank the rest
I retrace my steps
Snowy basketball court
Cross the cold courthouse steps
Hanging on every word
Hearing everything you say as
I retrace my steps
I retrace my steps, I wear a lonely path
I retrace my steps and back
Woke up this afternoon
A pale sun in the west
I haven’t left my room
I haven’t taken a step
As I retrace my steps
I retrace my steps until no trace remains
And I’ll retrace my steps again
I’ll retrace my steps
Though I know we’re all saying ‘Goodbye’
You know, I’ll retrace my steps again, tonight
Tonight
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