Mary was my mother’s mother and my sister too
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There’s rain in the river there’s a river running through
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To the sea around these islands crying tears of sorrow, pain
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There’s rain in the river there’s a river in my veins
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Mary young as we may be you know, the blood in you and me
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Is as old as blood can be
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Is as old as blood can be
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As old as blood can be
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Living lines of memory through the markings on my hand
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Ancient lines of living love awaken in this land
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Saying I am in the forest, in the city and the field
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I am in the bounty come on know me as I yield
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I am in the falcon, in the otter and the stoat
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I am in the turtle dove with nowhere left to go
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And in the moment of blind madness when he’s pushing her away
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I am in the lover and in the ear who hears her say
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Can we begin again, oh baby it’s me again
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I know you are so different to me, but I love you just the same
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I love you just the same
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I love you just the same
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I love you just the same
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I love you just the same
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I love you just the same
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Nigh-e, nigh-e, nigh-e, nigh-e
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(I love you just the same)
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Mary if the world had 1912 to '72
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(I love you just the same)
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Though we never met in flesh here I remember you
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(I love you just the same)
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Were woman you were gentle, you were modest you were kind
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(I love you just the same)
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A mother, wife and gran you were a woman of your time
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(I love you just the same)
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Mary young as we may be you know, the blood in you and me
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(I love you just the same)
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Is as old as blood can be
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As old as blood can be
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(I love you just the same)
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She says I am in the living I am in the dying too
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(I love you just the same)
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I am in the stillness can you see me as I move
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(I love you just the same)
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I am in the hawthorn, in the apple and the beech
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(I love you just the same)
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I am in the mayhem, in the medicine of speech
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(I love you just the same)
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In the moment of blind madness when he’s pushing her away
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(I love you just the same)
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I am in the lover and in the ear who hears her say
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Can we begin again, oh baby it’s me again
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I know you are so different to me, but I love you just the same
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I love you just the same
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I love you just the same
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I love you just the same
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I love you just the same |