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Artist: Peter Murphy
Canonical path: /peter-murphy/the-first-stone
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The First Stone
Read The First Stone lyrics by Peter Murphy on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The First Stone
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My white visions continue
This younger skin's outgrown old ways
Given what I need
I'm listening to how the silent sway
Still there'll be poison pens
And that pick of bones
Still a stand to cast
The first stone
Still there'll be poison pens
And that pick of old bones
Still a stand to cast
The first stone
Check the day out
The human race is doing time
Locked in some flimsy cage
Made of the stuff of the free will kind
Hear my heart-smash
My self made throne
Hoping not to cast
That first stone
Hear my heart-smash
My self made throne
Hoping not to cast
That first stone
That first stone
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Peter Murphy performs "The First Stone", and this lyric page sits inside the Peter Murphy catalog on LyroVerse.
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