Babys Breath

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   "There grows a weed..."


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     "Baby's breath on the mirror"


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                           "...My girl and I..."


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                   "...The sacrifice was made"


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                           "...It was not"


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   "Easy undertaking"


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                 "The roots gripped soft like..."


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                                     "Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh"


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     "Oh young girl"                 "At the wedding..."

                [Repeat section above x3]


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     "That will last a day..."


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                            "...Good plans are made"


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             "...By hand"


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               "I'd cut a clearing in the land..."


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   "And each day I looked..."

               [Repeat section above x2]


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    "Until I saw it was lucky old me"


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   "How could I run without losing anything"


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   "How could I run without becoming lean..."

           [Repeat section above x2]


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   "It was me tearing out the baby's breath"


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    "Oh I am a helpless man"


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       "so help me"


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       "I'm on my knees"                            "gardening"


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              "It was not a weed..."


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                                    "Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh"


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"And now I know..."

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"Yes now I know..."


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[Lyrics]

There grows a weed, looks like a flower
Looks like baby's breath on a mirror

My girl and I rushed atop the altar
The sacrifice was made
It was not easy undertaking
The roots gripped soft like a living grave

Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh x2

Oh young girl at the wedding
Baby's breath in her hair
A crowning lace above her face
That will last a day
Before it turns to hay

Good plans are made by hand
I'd cut a clearing in the land
And for a little bed
For her to cry comfortable in

And each day I looked out on the lawn
And I wondered what all was gone
Until I saw it was lucky old me
How could I run without losing anything?
How could I run without becoming lean?
It was agreed, it was agreed
It was me tearing out the baby's breath

Oh I am a helpless man, so help me
I'm on my knees gardening
It was not a weed, it was a flower
My baby's gone, oh where has my baby gone?
And she was not a weed, she was a flower