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,~-=*$£### BEFORE  IT  FADES  TO  NIGHT AGAIN,  AND ###£$*=-~,
,~-=*$£### THEN  IT STAYS SO  UNTIL I FALL  ASLEEP. ###£$*=-~,
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,~-=*$£### IN THIS  COTTAGE THERE'S  A LOT OF RADIO ###£$*=-~,
,,,,,~=*$£   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   £$*=~,,,,,
,~-=*$£### PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER,  BOOKS, CAMERAS, ###£$*=-~,
,~-=*$£### MIRRORS, PRISMS,  AND  VARIOUS THINGS TO ###£$*=-~,
,~=*$£#### DO ART  WITH. THE  FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ####£$*=~,
,~-=*$£### DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM  INTRIGUING, ###£$*=-~,
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,,,~--==*£ MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND £*==--~,,,
,~-=*$£### SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST.  THE OTHERS TELL ###£$*=-~,
,~-=*$£### OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR  ME, ###£$*=-~,
,~-=*$££## AND TELL  TALES  OF  THE  OLD  WORLD.  I ##££$*=-~,
,~-=*$£###      CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL.      ###£$*=-~,
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,~-=*$£### FALL  ASLEEP I'D  ALWAYS  WAKE UP  FULLY ###£$*=-~,
,~-=*$£### RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ###£$*=-~,
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,~-=*$£### THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE.  HERE, ###£$*=-~,
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