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This cruel country has driven me down |
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Teased me and lied, teased me and lied |
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I've only sad stories to tell to this town |
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My dreams have withered and died |
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Once I was bending the tops of the trees |
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Kind words in my ears and kind faces to see |
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Then I struck up with the boys from the west |
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They'd run and hide, they'd run and hide |
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Count one to ten and he's gone with the west |
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My dreams have withered and died |
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Silver moon sailor and silver moonshine |
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On the water so wide, the water so wide |
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Steal from the bed of some good friend of mine |
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My dreams have withered and died |
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If I was a butterfly I'd live for a day |
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I would be free just blowing away |
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This cruel country has driven me down |
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Teased me and lied, teased me and lied |
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I've only sad stories to tell to this town |
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My dreams have withered and died |