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Hand Me Downs - Lyrics by Indigo Girls


Lyrics
i've taken so many downi've helped them all to dismounti've followed so many downi take their hand me downsall with hopeall with hopethat emptiness brings fullnessand loss of love brings wholenessall with hopeall with hopethat emptiness brings fullnessand loss of love brings wholenessto us alleverything that i believecrawls from underneath the streetseverything i truly lovecomes from somewhere far aboveeverything that I believeis wrong with you is wrong with meeverything i truly lovei love in you and i love in meso give me hopegive me hopethat emptiness brings fullnessand loss of love brings wholenessto us allyou swear you can't swim the river(i've become the beggar now)(you've become the saint somehow)but i saw you running to jump in(i've become the beggar now)(you've become the saint somehow)i swore i'd never be your sinner(i've become the beggar now)(you've become the saint somehow)til i held your sinhand me downsnow you ask me why i'm herethe same as youi'm scared - it's feari've become the beggar nowand you've become the saint somehowtwist the words and place the blameand tell me now aren't we the sametripping in our yellow feetchecking underneath our sheetsfor some hopegive me hopethat emptiness brings fullnessand loss of love brings wholenessgive me hopegive me hopethat emptiness brings fullnessand loss of love brings wholenessto us allwords and music amy raycopyright 1990 godhap music (bmi)

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