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1	Well, you're my friend and can you see,						[FIRST VERSE:]	1
2	Many times we've been out drinkin',						Well, you're my friend	2
3	Many times we've shared our thoughts,						And can you see	3
4	But did you ever, ever notice the kind of thoughts I got?						Many times we've been out drinking	4
5							Many times we've shared our thoughts	5
6	Well,      you know I have a love, a love for everyone I know.						But did you ever, ever notice,	6
7	And you know           I have a drive to live, I won't let go.						the kind of thoughts I got	7
8	But can you see this opposition comes risin' up sometimes,						Well      you know I have a love,	8
9	That its dreadful imposition comes blacking in my mind?						a love for everyone I know	9
10							And you know I have a drive,	10
11	(And that I see a darkness.)						to live I won't let go	11
12	(And that I see a darkness.)						But can you see its opposition,	12
13	(And that I see a darkness.)						Comes rising up sometime	13
14	(And that I see a darkness.)						And this dreadful imposition,	14
15	(Did you know how much I love you?)						comes blacking through my mind	15
1	(Is a hope that somehow you,)							1
16	(Can save me from this darkness.)						[CHORUS:]	16
17							And that I see a darkness	17
18	Well, I hope that someday, buddy, we have peace in our lives.						And          that I see a darkness	18
19	Together or apart, alone or with our wives.						And that I see a darkness	19
20	And we can stop our whoring and pull the smiles inside.						And that I see a darkness	20
21	And light it up forever and never go to sleep.						Did you know how much I love you	21
22	My best unbeaten brother, this isn't all I see.						Its a hope that somehow you	22
23							Can save me from this darkness	23
2	(Oh, no, I see a darkness.)							2
24	(Oh, no, I see a darkness.)						[SECOND VERSE:]	24
25	(Oh, no, I see a darkness.)						Well      I hope that someday buddy	25
26	(Oh, no, I see a darkness.)						We'll find peace in our lives	26
27	(Did you know how much I love you?)						Together or apart	27
28	(Is a hope that somehow you,)						Alone or with our wives	28
29	(Can save me from this darkness.)						And we can stop our whoring	29
30							And pull the smiles inside	30
31							And light it up forever	31
32							And never go to sleep	32
33	[I SEE A DARKNESS]						My best unbeaten brother	33
34	[Written by: Will Oldham[1]						This isn't all I see	34
3	Performed by: Johnny Cash with Will Oldham[2]							3
35	Appears on: American (Recordings) III: Solitary Man-2000[3].						[CHORUS:]	35
36							Oh no, I see a darkness	36
37	[1]Will Oldham, a.k.a. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (born 24 December 1970						Oh no, I see a darkness	37
38	in Louisville, Kentucky), is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.						Oh no, I see a darkness	38
39	He is known for his "do-it-yourself punk aesthetic and blunt honesty,"						Oh no, I see a darkness	39
40	and his music has been likened to Americana, folk, roots, country, punk,						Did you know how much I love you	40
41	and indie rock, although Oldham is dissatisfied with these labels. He						Its a hope that somehow you	41
42	thinks it’s not "roots music," though he admits it is influenced by						Can save me from this darkness	42
4	Western popular music." He has been called an "Appalachian post-punk							4
5	solipsist"[4] and is notable for "his unique voice--a fragile sort-of							5
6	warble frittering around haunted melodies in the American folk or							6
7	country tradition.]							7
8								8
9	[2]Oldham sings with Cash on the lyrics in parentheses.]							9
10								10
11	[3]Transcribed from the track on this album.]							11
12								12
13	[4]sol·ip·sism-Pronunciation[sol-ips-iz-uhm]–noun 1. Philosophy. the theory							13
14	that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist. 2. extreme preoccupation							14
15	with and indulgence of one's feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption.]							15

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