Thirty Summers Lyrics - The Caution Horses - Cowboy Junkies

Caught in the vice of heaven and earth 

he turned his life into a cell 

imprisoned by the doubts which hound us all 

and those desires which we all know so well 

His days he lost to promises, his nights he purged of dreams 

and he would wake in the hours before sunrise 

and dread the coming of the day 

Never thought a man could become so desperate 

never thought a life could lose so much hope 

to be tearing at the roots around you 

as if in manacles, or irons, or ropes 

They say he told his children that all he taught was lost 

that love and pride and honesty 

were to be gained at too high a cost 

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It's been thirty summers that I've spent with him 

and I expect thirty more to pass 

he has blessed my life in so many ways 

that I could never turn my back 

But I need just one more reminder 

of the man that he used to be 

if he would just look deep into my eyes 

and say it's in you my love that I will find the key 

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