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From the clatter of a honky tonk |
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To the quiet of the range |
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Been thinking 'bout silence golden |
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Golden silence change |
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Burning nights get damper |
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And only moon was cool |
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And the steam of danger rose |
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From a ripple - less darkened pool |
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Came to America |
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Stopped out in the west |
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I ain't no shot-gun rider |
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Alligator on my chest |
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A hot-bed of indifference |
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A seed-bed of so - so |
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It's a push and shove |
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I said Lord above |
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What a way to go |
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Chorus ~ |
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Don't say that you love me |
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Just say you might |
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You keep holding on |
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To things you think are right |
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I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah |
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Land of hope and glory |
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I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah |
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Land of hope and glory |
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Seen foreign soldiers |
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Beach - head army ducks |
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Seen local farmers |
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In their big red pick-up trucks |
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Seen drug - store cowboys |
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Who could not find the range |
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Seen pet - boys in the city |
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Who need a love so strange |
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Chorus |
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Well I've dined with big business |
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And I stood for the toast |
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Seen those screenplay writers |
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In their big homes on the coast |
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Stood in cathedrals |
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And breathed hard at the sight |
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I asked the same old questions |
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Do I need this stuff tonight |
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Chorus |
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I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah |
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Land of hope and glory |
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I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah |
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Land of hope and glory |
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I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh.... |