Homefires (Sons of Ralph)
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As | I've | travelled | through | this | land | I've | always |
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kept | a | plan | to | never | s | ettle | d | own, | | in | any | one |
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town, | But | as | the | homefires | flicker | dim, | my |
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thoughts | go | back | a | gain | to | the | girl | I | left |
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be | hind, | | still | on | my | mind. |
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| And | the | girl | that | I | love | said | she'd |
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| wait | for | me | when | I | return. | And | I've |
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| always | kept | the | yearn | to | return | to | the |
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Now | the | miles | have | come | be | tween | many | moons | since |
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I | have | since | seen | the | flame | I | hold | so | dear. | | I |
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feel | her | near. | And | the | face | that | I | cry |
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illumi | nates | the | moon | and | sky. | I | ask | the | reason |
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Yes | I've | always | kept | the | yearn | to | return | to | the |
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Now | I've | travelled | through | this | land | I've | always |
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kept | the | plan | to | never | s | ettle | d | own, | | in | any |
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Yes | I've | always | kept | the | yearn | to | return | to | the |
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