So Begins The Task

Album: Manassas (1972)
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  • And so begins the task
    I have dreaded the coming of
    For so long
    I wait for the sun
    To remind my body
    It needs restin'
    And I must learn to without you now
    I must learn to give only part some how
    Camping on the edge
    Of your city I wait
    Hoping someday
    You might
    See
    Beyond yourself
    The shadows on the ceiling
    Hard
    But not real
    Like the bars that cage
    You within yourself
    And I must learn to without you now
    I must learn to give only part some how
    And I must learn to without you now
    As I cannot learn to give only part some how
    All of these cages
    Must
    And shall be set aside
    They will only
    Keep
    Us from the knowing
    Actors
    And stages
    Now fall before the truth
    As th love
    Shared
    Between us
    Remains
    Growing
    And I must learn to without you now
    As I cannot learn to give only part some how Writer/s: STILLS
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Ronzo from Halifax, NsI didn't know the song before hearing it on Jango but I had to look up as I recognized Steve Stills voice but knew that was Garcia playing. I never heard that Stills and Jerry played together and see here that's its 'rumoured'. Well, I'd be my last dollar on that 'rumour'!
  • Jimbo from Long Island NyPerhaps an uncredited Timothy B. Schmitt singing harmony?
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