Key: C
Introduction:
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I left New York
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In nineteen forty-nine
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To go across the country
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Without a dad-blamed dime
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Montana in the cold, cold fall
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Found my father in a gambling hall
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Father father
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Where have you been
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I've been out in the world
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Since I was only ten
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Father father
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Where have you been
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I've been out in the world
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Since I was only ten
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Don't worry about me
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About to die of pleurisy
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Cross the Mississippi
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Cross the Tennessee
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Cross the Niobrara
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Home I'll never be
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Home in old Medora
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Home in ol' Truckee
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Apalachicola
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Home I'll never be
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For better or for worse
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Or thick and thin
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Like being married to the little woman
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God he loves me
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Like I love him
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I want you to do
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Just the same for him
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Well the worms eat away
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But the worrywarts will win
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So I left Montana
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On an old freight train
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The night my father died
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In the cold, cold rain
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Road to Opelousas
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Road to Wounded Knee
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Road to Ogallala
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Home I'll never be
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Road to Oklahoma
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Road to El Cajon
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Road to ol' Tehatchapi
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Road to San Antone
Hey hey
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Road to Opelousas
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Road to Wounded Knee
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Road to Ogallala
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Home I'll never be
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Road to Oklahoma
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Road to El Cajon
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Road to ol' Tehatchapi
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Road to San Antone
Home I'll never be