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I don't know you to wear a hat |
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But I came home late and there it sat, |
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You rose to show what hats are for |
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When living through a civil war, |
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When living through a civil war |
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Christmas mornings and New Years Days |
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They flood with dreams and drift away, |
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They cling to logs and cupboard doors |
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Riding out this civil war, |
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Riding out this civil war |
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Some fighters came and pitched a tent |
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And everyone around here, we went, |
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The fix was in, but we bet and we swore |
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From both sides of a civil war... |
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We build this up and we knock this down |
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We call our little mob a town, |
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We nail a sign up above the door |
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"God bless our little civil war," |
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"God bless our little civil war" |
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Three dogs at a party an a boat at night |
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Play checkers in a lantern light, |
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They sing a song out to the shore |
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Of women, gold, and civil war... |
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Every truth carries blame |
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And every light reveals some shame, |
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Progress rides with thieves and whores |
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The stowaways of civil war, |
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The stowaways of civil war. |