The Cave Cifras

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Last night I had the strangest dream that I have ever dreamed
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I was a boy again, just barely in my teens.
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Wandering through the woods and hills, that tower above our town.
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And in the rocks and brush the entrance to a cave I found.
 
 
[Verse 2]
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And like most any young boy would, I crawled into the cave.
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And through the damp dark darkness then I slowly made my way
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Tunnel after tunnel going this old way and that,
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until suddenly I knew I didn't know where I was at.
 
 
[Verse 3]
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I tried to find the way out, but it seemed to be in vain.
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The more I tried the more confused and frightened I became.
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At last, in sheer exhaustion I collapsed and feel asleep,
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until the distant roaring sound of thunder wakened me.
 
 
[Verse 4]
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The thunder boomed, the earth it shook, I trembled in my fear.
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Surly this must be the worst storm in a thousand years.
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And all the time the fury of the storm just seemed to grow,
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until suddenly it ended with a great earth quaking blow.
 
 
[Verse 5]
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I then began to crawl around, and watch - a stroke of luck!
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I saw above a tiny light and so I followed up.
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And soon I crawled from out of what I thought would be my grave,
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and what I saw it made me wish I was back down in the cave.
 
 
[Verse 6]
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For there was not a blade of grass, a tree or bush around.
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Not even one small bug that's crawling on the parts burnt ground.
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And looking down the hill I saw the shambles of our town -
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Where people used to live before the bomb came down.
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