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She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen |
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She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen |
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Said, she'd ride and ride "till the blues wear offa me" |
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It's two bullyin' freight trains runnin' side by side |
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It's two bullyin' freight trains runnin' side by side |
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They done stole my rider and I guess they's satisfied |
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They rode in the Delta, kept on easin' by |
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They rode in the Delta, kept on easin' by |
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Know I feel just like she said her last goodbye |
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Friend, she won't write, she won't telephone |
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Friend, she won't write, she won't telephone |
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Makes me believe to my soul rider calls that "gone"1 |
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But if I had wings, friend, like Noah's dove |
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Friend, if I had wings, friend, like Noah's dove |
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I would raise and fly, God knows, where my lover was |
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I laid down at night, I can't sleep at all |
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I laid down at night, I can't sleep at all |
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Awful lyin' there wondering if someone rollin' in her arms |
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Laid my head on my pillow, friends, it be's too high |
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Laid my head on my pillow, friends, it be's too high |
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Taken down with, I'm gettin' sick and 'bout to die |