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Verse 1
Ray, it was not a gentle year and I will not pretend
You lost the shop in August and your father in the spring
You showed up every Sunday with your voice down in your chest
And you sang the second verse like you had never lost a thing
Now the last night of December is coming up the road
And I want you standing next to me when the old one lets go
Chorus
Morning comes anyway, morning comes anyway
It does not need our permission and it does not need our praise
Whatever we were carrying, we can set it in the hall
Morning comes anyway, Ray — it is coming for us all
Verse 2
You told me hope's a discipline, not a feeling in the room
You said you practise it on Tuesdays when there's nothing else to do
So we'll count it down together with the windows open wide
And we'll holler at a new year like it owes us something kind
I have no idea what's coming and I'll tell you that for free
But whatever's in that January, it will not get you or me
Chorus
Morning comes anyway, morning comes anyway
It does not need our permission and it does not need our praise
Whatever we were carrying, we can set it in the hall
Morning comes anyway, Ray — it is coming for us all
Bridge
Lift it up, lift it up, one more time before the bell
Everybody in this kitchen has a year they didn't tell
Put it down, put it down, let the clock do what it does
There is nothing in that midnight bigger than the love that was
Outro
Morning comes anyway, Ray, and it's coming with the light
Happy new year, my friend — I will see you Sunday night
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