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I will long for a trip, don't need no grip |
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I'm takin' one more ride |
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'Way out there in the prairie air |
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I guess it's in my hide |
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For the clickety-clack of the railroad track is callin' |
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If a man that knows where the Santa Fe goes |
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When she gets under steam |
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And a big loud bell bids a fond farewell |
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To hear her whistle scream |
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She's bound to go where there ain't no snow a-fallin' |
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One more ride |
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I will miss the gloom of the pale white moon |
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That seemed to know my name |
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And the tumbleweeds where the prairie dogs feed |
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I miss them just the same |
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They're all a part of the song in my heart I'm singin' |
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I recall a tune that I sang to the moon |
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It seemed to make him smile |
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As I rode away at the close of day |
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And stayed so long, awhile |
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But I long to be where the memory is ringin' |
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One more ride |
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As the years roll by, I wonder why |
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I long to leave my home |
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And hit the trail of the iron rail |
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Away out there alone |
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But my heart will sigh 'til I know that I am leavin' |
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If I don't come back there's a one-way track |
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Way down in Mexico |
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You'll find me there or any old where |
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That a tumbleweed will grow |
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So it's goodbye now, you'll never know how I'm grievin' |
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One more ride |