Journey of the Night
Key: G-A
Two parts, irregular timing: A: |: 1 1 6- 5 :|
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B: |: 6- 6- 6- 5 :|
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V.1.: It's a hard time
A time of struggles
A time of changes
I didn't
--
expect
I'm a simple woman
I love my daughter
She's too young to know
Why her daddy isn't
--
here
V.2.: Alone at night, I wonder many things
I wonder where my husband is; I wonder
How long he'll be
--
away
I wonder if he'll come back
I wonder many things
In the
--
dark
V.3.: In the journey of the night
I pass through many countries
I pass the misty mountains of memory
I rest a long time in the land of patience
I journey
--
on
I pass through the gorges of fear
I crawl across the vast plain of despair
I journey
--
on
V.4.: I wake in the morning
The sun is high; I've overslept
I hear a child's voice laughing
In the next room
The sun is flooding
--
in
I see my daughter dancing
Dancing in the sunlight
Dancing with
--
delight
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