My Father's Eyes

Eric Clapton

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Sailing

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down be

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hind the

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sun

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Waiting

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for my

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prince to

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come

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Pray

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ing for the

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healing

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rain

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To re

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store my

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soul a

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gain

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Just a

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toe rag

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on the

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run

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How did I

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get here?

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What have I

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done?

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When will

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all my

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hopes a

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rise?

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How will I

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know him?

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When I look

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in my father's eyes

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eyes,

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when I look

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in my father's eyes

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Then the

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light be

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gins to

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shine

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And I hear those

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ancient

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lulla

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bies

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And as

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I watch this

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seedling

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grow

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Feel my

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heart start to

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over

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flow

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Where do I

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find

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the words to

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say?

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How do I

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teach him,

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what do we

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play?

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Bit by

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bit,

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I've rea

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lized

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That's when I

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need them

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That's when I

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need my father's eyes

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eyes

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eyes,

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that's when I

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need my father's eyes

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Then the

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jagged

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edge a

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ppears

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Through the

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distant

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clouds of

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tears

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I'm like a

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bridge that was

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washed a

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way

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My foun

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dations were

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made of

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clay

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As my

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soul

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slides down to

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die

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How could I

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lose him,

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what did I

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try?

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Bit by

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bit,

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I've rea

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lized

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That he was here

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with me

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and I looked in

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to my father's eyes

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to my

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father's

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eyes

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eyes,

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when I look in

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to my father's eyes

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father's

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eyes

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eyes

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my father's eyes

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when I look in

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to my father's eyes ://

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