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I have seen you in the temple
as I lay those stolen words into your hands
and I've seen you in the quarries
where misfortune breaks the rocks into the sands
and I've seen you in the portrait
well among the prince of thieves
to be the vagabond of witnesses
so scarred by things I've seen
this much is true
my darling i've seen you

I have seen you from a distance
and I've seen you sometimes close enough to touch
and I've seen you in your silks and satins, tucked between the lies
you sleep too much
and I've seen you in your golden years and I've seen you as a child
and I've sifted through your friendships
to find a heart that seems worthwhile, it's hard to do
but my darling I've seen you

in sunshine and rain
dressed in rags, asleep in mansions, and on windowsills
with bogus hundred dollar bills
and I know that you can't talk right now
and I know that time is short, you have to go
when all I really had to say
was hello

I've seen you once or twice since then
and I'm bummed each time I think of you alone
I have seen you spread yourself across the days and weeks
that pass for skin and bone
and I have seen you in the pages and the verses I have read
it is the duty of the ages to express what can't be said
it's the simple truth...

and my darling I've seen you.

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from The Carnival Sessions (Full CD), released February 15, 2013
Written by Dave Boylan. Engineered and Produced by Steve Devita

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Thanks for visiting us online. Managing songs is like herding cats...old revisions, new revisions, added a solo here, a backing vocal there, blah blah blah. Hoping to update this as we finish the songs...always a few in progress. Look for some country'ish stuff over the next few months. Yee-Haw.
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