Sometimes I saw my blood
Drain out at the prick of a needle
My blood was draining out
As money was draining in;
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When I contemplate the ages past
And quiz the depths of life
Mystery is all I get
For my labours.
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The smile on my face
The joy in my heart
The hope you inspire -
All products of your gift.
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Don't punish me hard
I am too young to die
I recall my birth
The day is not too old
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Sometimes I see the gaiety around me and
I ask myself if I am
A part of it all;
Am I a man -
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I want a king's daughter
To be my friend
But she is too proud
Her head is up in the sky.
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The virtue is to trust
To have faith in the face of strain
We must rest secure in
The truth that God cares
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My foes are all round me
Try to hem me in.
I resist
They cannot win this war
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Slowly
Silently
Surely
We gather experience
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Pander after beauty,
The bounty minds the cost;
An aura of praise
Haloes the bifurcation
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