Page type: lyric reference
Artist: PJ Harvey
Canonical path: /pj-harvey/before-departure
Related lyric paths: 6
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Before Departure
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Before Departure
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Farewell my friends
Farewell my dear ones
If I was rude
Forgive my weakness
Goodbye my friends
Goodbye to evening parties
Remember me
In the spring
To work for your bread
Soon you must leave
Remember your families
And look for your children
I don't need much
and the older I become
I realize
My friendships
Will carry me over
On a course of distance
You're a cause of sorrow
Friends that last
Will dance
with me
I don't need words
This, I need.
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PJ Harvey performs "Before Departure", and this lyric page sits inside the PJ Harvey catalog on LyroVerse.
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