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Words & Music by David GatesRecorded by Bread featuring David Gates, 1971 (#4)
Intro:
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If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't I paint you?
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The words will never show the you I've come to know.
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If a face could launch a thousand ships, then where am I to go?
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There's no one home but you -- you're all that's left me to.
Bridge:
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And when my love for life is running dry,
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You'll come and pour your-self on me.
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If a man could be two places at one time, I'd be with you;
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Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way.
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If the world should stop revolving, spinning slowly down to die,
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I'd spend the end with you, and when the world was through,
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Then one by one, the stars would all go out,
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Then you and I would sim - ply fly
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A - way.
While it's a little on the "new" side to fit comfortably with the overall content of this website, I've included this song because, first, it's a just-plain-beautiful song...and secondly, because it is all the more so because of the minimalism a single accoustic guitar and a single voice can bring to it. Some songs lose a lot if they don't have full accompaniment. This one loses a lot with too much.