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Introduction: A D A D
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Headed west through Colorado. Cornfields in my mirror
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Been making friends with a whiskey bottle and a case of beer
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She said its time I took my leave. I should go and never come back
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So I grabbed my guitar and grabbed my coat, and dusted off my cowboy hat.
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Now I'm going up to Cordillera. That's where I met you
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They say they're no clouds in Cordillera. I'm gonna see if that's true
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Oh yea I'm climbing up a mountain. And, it may amount to nothing.
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But I hear it's worth the view.
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They say the world looks good from Cordillera. I hope that's true
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I saw 'em standing as I was driving that road. Fender, bass, and drums in hand.
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I pulled over. They climbed in. And said let's start ourselves a rock and roll band.
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They say that life is what you choose. I don't worry much about that.
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I just wonder if this guitar is gonna pay my bills. And start to make my wallet fat.
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So I can get that house in Cordillera. You can live there too.
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We'll all get homes in Cordillera where the skies are blue.
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Yea we're startin off with nothin tryin to work it up to somethin
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Maybe write a hit song or two
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Then you can come on out to Cordillera and we'll play for you
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We're going up to Cordillera,
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Gonna get a house in Cordillera,
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You can come on out to Cordillera, and we'll play for you
(repeat chorus one more time)
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We'll play for you (3 times)