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Artist: River Whyless
Canonical path: /river-whyless/oil-skin
Related lyric paths: 6
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Oil Skin
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Oil Skin
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When I was a child my mother bathed me in the sink
Pulled the oil from my skin
Young, young boy, swinging in her arms
Fingers pushing back my hair
So I could see
Help me when my soul was open by the touch of autumn
I was not broken yet by time
Safe with her in the morning, but heading softly to the night
Now that I'm a bit older I try to stay clean
The coming night the anticipated slip
I was hoping to find I was justified in time
I was hoping to find what got away from me
Help me when my soul was open by the touch of autumn
I was just broken then by time
Safe with her in the morning, but heading softly to the night
I was hoping to find I was justified in time
I was hoping to find what got away from me
I was hoping to find I was justified
I was hoping to find
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River Whyless performs "Oil Skin", and this lyric page sits inside the River Whyless catalog on LyroVerse.
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