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Artist: Iron & Wine
Canonical path: /iron-wine/slow-back-river
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Slow Back River
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Slow Back River
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Lost my watch, watch and chain
But time's not lost
This time we walk together
Beside the slow black river
Water-walking over mud
You whisper something
Something good in my ear
So I stop so I can hear
Darling, I'm the one to blame
I threw your watch
And chain to where I don't know
Inside the tall grass meadow
You'll forget, forget in time
Remember this
Your hand in mine forever
Beside the slow black river
Lost my watch, watch and chain
To her today
But time it has no meaning
When her and me are walking
Darling, I'm the one to blame
I love you still
And timeless now forever
Together by the river
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