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Artist: Will Oldham
Canonical path: /will-oldham/do-what-you-will-do
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Do What You Will Do
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Do What You Will Do
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do what you will do
i will watch with you
though i'm charged to wait awhile
i will wait for you in style
with you as a guide
i stay awhile
watch with me
i won't ask you to be friends with me
nor to stand by and protect
i can't ask you to lay hands on me
just to show me some respect
do what you will do...
and in rough times i can be with you
laying early in my bed
and in time i go to sleep and you
lay a kiss upon my head
do what you will do...
if an end comes it is good to be
in the presence of a few
with a few friends is how it should be
when everything is through
do what you will do...
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Will Oldham performs "Do What You Will Do", and this lyric page sits inside the Will Oldham catalog on LyroVerse.
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