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Because Your Voice Was at My Side

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Because Your Voice Was at My Side by James Joyce

 Because your voice was at my side 
I gave him pain, 
Because within my hand I held 
Your hand again. 

There is no word nor any sign 
Can make amend -- - 
He is a stranger to me now 
Who was my friend.

Form: Ballad

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