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Artist: Pearls Before Swine
Canonical path: /pearls-before-swine/i-shall-not-care
Related lyric paths: 6
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I Shall Not Care
Read I Shall Not Care lyrics by Pearls Before Swine on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I Shall Not Care
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When I am dead
And over me bright April
Shakes out her rain-drenched hair
Though you should lean
Above me broken-hearted
I shall not care
Words that were not said
Songs that were not sung
Tears that were not shed
Deeds that were not done
I was not
I was
I am not
I do not care
Words that were not said
Songs that were not sung
Tears that were not shed
Deeds that were not done
I shall have peace
As leafy trees are peaceful
When rain bends down the bow
And I shall be
More silent and cold-hearted
Than you are now
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