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Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.

Robert Hunter

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Robert Hunter
Age: 78 †
Born: 1941
Born: June 23
Died: 2019
Died: September 23
Guitarist
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Musician
Poet
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Arroyo Grande
California
Robert C. Christie Hunter
Robert Burns
Wake
Eyes
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World

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When it seems like the night will last forever, And there's nothing left to do but count the years, When the strings of my harp to sever, And stones fall from my eyes instead of tears... I will walk alone by the black muddy river, And dream me a dream of my own, I will walk alone by the black muddy river, And sing me a song of my own.
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Counting stars by candlelight all are dim but one is bright the spiral light of Venus rising first and shining best, from the northwest corner of a brand-new crescent moon crickets and cicadas sing a rare and different tune.
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River gonna take me, Sing me sweet and sleepy, Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home, It's a far gone lullaby sung many years ago Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come since I first left home
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If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music Would you hold it near as it were your own?
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Inspiration, move me brightly, light the song with sense and color, hold away despair
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In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned and how much given.
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Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest.
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What do you want me to do, To watch for you, To see you through? A box of rain will ease the pain, and love, will see you through.
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