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[01:22.41]O light the candle, John
[01:25.58]The daylight has almost gone
[01:29.97]The birds have sung their last
[01:34.69]The bells call all to mass
[01:40.11]Sit here by my side
[01:43.10]For the night is very long
[01:47.52]There's something I must tell
[01:51.19]Before I pass along
[01:58.76]I joined the brotherhood
[02:02.92]My books were all to me
[02:07.93]I scribed the words of God
[02:11.75]And much of history
[02:16.91]Many a year was I
[02:20.51]Perched out upon the sea
[02:24.94]The waves would wash my tears
[02:27.91]The wind, my memory
[02:35.34]I'd hear the ocean breathe
[02:39.82]Exhale upon the shore
[02:43.87]I knew the tempest's blood
[02:48.21]Its wrath I would endure
[02:52.43]And so the years went by
[02:57.72]Within my rocky cell
[03:01.13]With only a mouse or bird
[03:06.11]My friend; I loved them well
[03:12.84]And so it came to pass
[03:16.38]I'd come here to Romani
[03:20.80]And many a year it took
[03:25.58]Till I arrived here with thee
[03:30.08]On dusty roads I walked
[03:34.75]And over mountains high
[03:39.14]Through rivers running deep
[03:42.99]Beneath the endless sky
[04:26.54]Beneath these jasmine flowers
[04:30.41]Amidst these cypress trees
[04:35.19]I give you now my books
[04:39.35]And all their mysteries
[04:43.72]Now take the hourglass
[04:48.32]And turn it on its head
[04:52.84]For when the sands are still
[04:56.88]'Tis then you'll find me dead
[05:01.74]O light the candle, John
[05:05.18]The daylight is almost gone
[05:09.54]The birds have sung their last
[05:14.54]The bells call all to mass
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