Words and music copyright by
Howard Ashby Kranz
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1. At last
you’re waiting, breathless, for the music to begin
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The thrill at last engulfs
you, through your spirit, through your skin.
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And still when the
performance ends, the night comes crashing in
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And only love can save you
from yourself.
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2. You’ve
searched the raging earth to let the flame within you burn
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And gazing on a calm wide
sea, you felt the heavens turn.
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It has taken all your
knowledge, all your courage just to learn
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That only love can free you
from yourself.
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Bridge: And it’s so vain to count the cost
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Cause there’s no gain that’s
worth the loss
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3.. You
weave together threads, you hope they keep you from the cold
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You bind together words, and
so another story’s told.
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You put together hearts, the world is yours to hold
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And only love can give you to yourself. Only love