| At the end of this run down tenement hall
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| Is the room of a girl I know
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| She cowers behind all the dead bolt locks
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| Afraid of the outside world
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| So how should I come to the one I love?
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| I will find a way
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| Many thieves and collectors have used that door
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| But they only brought her shame
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| So she won’t even open it anymore
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| Still I will find a way
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| I could call out her name with love through the walls
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| But condemnation is all she hears
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| I could break down the door and take her into my arms
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| But she might die from the fear
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| So how should I come to the one I love?
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| I will find a way, I will find a way
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| How should I come to the one I love?
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| I will find a way
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| No hiding place ever kept her safe
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| So she hides inside herself
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| Now to reach her heart the only way
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| Is to hide in there as well
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| I will hide in there as well
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| She gave up on love waiting for a change
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| But a change is coming soon
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| How could she not love the helpless babe
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| Who is waking in her womb?
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| I found way, I found a wayÂ
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| She’ll know I am coming before I am here
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| When she hangs her head she’ll see me there
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| And then when I come she won’t run away
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| All the beauty and joy will return to her face
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| And what of the loneliness? |
| Now it is gone
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| Lost in the bond of a mother and son
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| Every sin that she suffered at the hands of men
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| Every single disgrace will be washed clean again
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| I will love her completely and when I am grown
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| I will carry her out of that tenement room
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| I am doing a new thing and soon you will see
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| I am coming among you and my name shall be
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| Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel |