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I'm so blind, I cannot see, you are so warm to me

I'm not there and you are here, please take me

Yeah, the saints are down, oh the saints are down

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The saints are down, the saints are down

Life's so long, or short should I say?

I am here to get it on with you today

Girl, you should know that I love you more than I can say

Sometimes I fear all those things that come down on us anyway

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But I gotta tell ya that my saints are down, my saints are down

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That my saints are down let me tell you why

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Saints are down the saints are down

Hey, pretty good, what do you got to say?

Whose f*****g life is it anyway?

Don't you know anything about anybody else?

You're so wrapped up in your tiny self oh let me tell you

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Saints are down, yes they are your saints are down

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Your saints are down the saints are down

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They're down

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And they're not coming round

 Yeah, they're not easily found - buried

And they're buried in the ground

Yeah, they're buried upside down

Rest of song plays out A and F maj

Saints are down, saints are down etc etc