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By the rivers dark, I wandered on
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I lived my life in Babylon
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And I did forget my holy song
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And I had no strength in Babylon

[Chorus]
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By the rivers dark, where I could not see
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Who was waiting there, who was hunting me

[Verse 2]
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And he cut my lip, and he cut my heart
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So I could not drink from the river dark
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And he covered me, and I saw within
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My lawless heart and my wedding ring

[Chorus]
Ab         Bb                    Fm
I did not know, and I could not see
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Who was waiting there, who was hunting me

[Verse 3]
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By the rivers dark, I panicked on
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I belonged at last to Babylon
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Then he struck my heart with a deadly force
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And he said, "This heart, it is not yours"

[Bridge]
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And he gave the wind my wedding ring
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And he circled us with everything

[Verse 4]
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By the rivers dark, in a wounded dawn
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I live my life in Babylon
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Though I take my song from a withered limb
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Both song and tree, they sing for him
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Be the truth unsaid and the blessing gone
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If I forget my Babylon

[Chorus]
Ab         Bb                    Fm
I did not know, and I could not see
Db                Eb                   Fm
Who was waiting there, who was hunting me
Ab             Bb                     Fm
By the rivers dark, where it all goes on
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By the rivers dark in Babylon