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Dirty me
or
Ditty me
Pity me.
Don't you hear my call though you're twenty years away?
Don't you hear me calling you?
All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
All my life still ahead, pay me.
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away?
Don't you hear me calling you?
All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
For my life still ahead, pity me.
For the day I'll take your hand
In the land that I'll grant you renew.
For the day I'll take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
For the day i'll take your hand
In the land that I'll grant you renew.
For the day, I'll take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
In the year of '39, a simple herder fell in tears.
In the year of '39, assembled here the volunteers.
Roger lives in the sand on the day I take your hand
In the land my grandchildren knew.
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
The sweetest I've ever seen
The sweetest sight ever seen
The sweetest I’ve ever seen
The sweetest sight ever seen
The sweetest sign ever seen
The sweetest sight ever seen
Though I'm old and out of gear
Though I'm older but a year
For my life still I have,
Pity Me
For my life still ahead,
Pity me
In the year of '39
A simple year of volunteers.
In the year of '39
Assembled here the volunteers.
Still I hate Pity Smith.
Still ahead, pity me.
Still I hate pity me.
Still ahead, pity me.