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When the day is the day
And the night has spread it's wings.
When white turns to grey
And you sense the change of wind.
When a part of you strays
Off to find a new song to sing.
And you're hearing it say
"This is where a new road begins".
Your gonna know from that point
There ain' no use to carry on
Tryin' to prove that right is wrong
When all the proof's bin shifted to the other side.
You might as well just raise your hands
An' ask "O.k. What's your demands
They've got the joker
But you've still got all the aces
When the day is the day.
When the day is the day
That the flowers begin to bloom.
Well you'd just better pray
That the stems don't break too soon.
When the day is the day
You'll feel it in your bones
An' in the morning you'll pray
That dusk don't come too soon.
All the tests you ever sat
You'll find out if you failed or passed.
You'll cross your fingers.
Where the hell d'I put that four leaf clover?
And from dawn until dusk when the rabbits bite the dusk
You'll hear yourself say "me not us"
An' think aloud "God. Is it really over"?
When the day is the day.
When the day is the day
And the night has spread it's wings.
When white turns to grey
And you sense the change of wind.
When a part of you strays
Off to find a new song to sing.
And you're hearing it say
"This is where a new road begins".
Ain' it funny that just when you feel that your winning
You decide that it's time to put all your chips down.
But then you draw and all your showing is a dead man's hand
Just stack Jack, if your facing bullets and nines
When the day is the day.
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