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Should you be tired
Or sick,
Or want to cry,
I will dry your tears.
I will stand with you.
Should bad things happen,
And all others abandon you,
Like a bridge over a great torrent,
I will lay me down.

Should you become poor
Or indigent,
And suffer unjustly,
I will comfort you.
I will fight for you.
Should shadows come,
And strike you down with pain.
Like a bridge over a great torrent,
I will lay me down.

My silver darling,
Sail on!
Now you can shine;
What you want will soon come true.
See, it is here!
Should you want a friend,
Just call, and I will come.
Like a bridge over a great torrent,
I will ease your mind.

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