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Once I Was
Cowboy Junkies

Once I was a soldier

And I fought on foreign sands for you

Once I was a hunter

And I brought home fresh meat for you


Once I was a lover

And I searched behind your eyes for you

Soon there'll be another

To tell you I was just a lie


And sometimes I wonder just for a while

Will you ever remember me?


And though you have forgotten

All of our rubbish dreams


I find myself searching

Through the ashes of our ruins


For the days when we smiled

And the hours that ran wild

With the magic of our eyes

And the silence of our words


And sometimes I wonder just for a while

Will you ever remember me?

Ever remember me

Ever remember me


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