[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
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May your dreams be all of sun
    Em7    D/F#      G
and heated sand, and sky
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when you wake may all your singing
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help your heart to fly

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May you never be closed in an amber cage
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with an amber lock and key
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may you roar and sing beneath the sun
         G/F#        G     C2     Em
and the shade of the Upas tree


[Verse 2]
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Bear your tiny teeth, my child
    Em7      D/F#     C2
the sun will fall in love with you
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and teach you how to sing and roar
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and sting and kill, as fathers do.


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turn your prayer to sky and sand
   Em7      D        G
no matter where you fall
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may the desert echoes teach you
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all their secret songs

[Verse 3]
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 My amber cage had an amber lock
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and the girl had an amber key
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and a manticore was bound and sore
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in the city  in the trees.

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My amber cage had an amber lock
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and the good girl a key of her own
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she set me free with a shining smile
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and far from all cages we roam

[Verse 4]
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 May the desert echoes hold you
Em7       D/F#   G
in  their ruddy paws
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may your prayer be heard by sky and sand
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no matter where you fall

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may you never be closed in an amber cage
        Em7    D       C2
with an amber lock and key
         G/E     G/F#    C2        G
may you roar and sing beneath the sun
         G/F#        G     C2     Em
and the shade of the Upas tree