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Artist: Grateful Dead
Canonical path: /grateful-dead/the-only-time-is-now
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The Only Time Is Now
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The Only Time Is Now
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Oh, I know there is no place you can go to
And I know you don't know anyone at all
So come walking in the Sun with me my little one
And remember that the only time is now
Oh well, strange is the story your eyes tell me
And quiet all the few words that you say
So come and hold my hand, for you see, I'd understand
And remember that the only time is now
Oh, I come to you a ragged laughing stranger
And you come to me an angel of the night
So I'll dance and we will sing, for it doesn't mean a thing
To remember that the only time is now
So forget about your yesterdays of sorrow
And forget about the darkness you have seen
For there's only you and me at the edge of an endless sea
And remember that the only time is now
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