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Thirsty boots |
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This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the i want to live |
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Album, and has also been released on the rocky mountain collection and the |
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Country roads collection albums. |
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You've long been on the open road |
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You've been sleepin' in the rain |
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From dirty words and muddy cells |
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You're clothes are soiled and stained |
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But the dirty words, the mud of cells |
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Will soon be judged insane |
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So only stop and rest yourself |
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And you'll be off again |
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Oh take off your thirsty boots |
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And stay for awhile |
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Your feet are hard and weary |
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From a dusty mile |
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And maybe i can make you laugh |
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And maybe i can try |
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Lookin' for the evening |
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And the morning in your eyes |
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Then tell me of the ones you saw |
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As far as you could see |
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Across the plains from field to town |
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Marchin' to be free |
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And of the rusted prison gates |
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That tumbled by degree |
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Like laughing children one by one |
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They look like you and me |
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So take off your thirsty boots |
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And stay for awhile |
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Your feet are hard and weary |
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From a dusty mile |
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And maybe i can make you laugh |
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And maybe i can try |
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Just lookin' for the evening |
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And the morning in your eyes |
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I know you are no stranger now |
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A crooked rainbow trail |
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From dancing cliffheads shattered sills |
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To slander shackled jails |
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Where the voices drift up from below |
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Its walls are being scaled |
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Yes, all of this, and more my friend |
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Your song shall not be failed |