VERSE
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Baby's livin' on from hand to mouth
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She's roamin' all alone in the deep, dark South
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Her eyes are tired
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An' she's been livin' with a brain full of sunset fire too long
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Babe, I wanna send this song to you
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I'm hopin' what I feel will ring on through
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I've seen the stars
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An' I can see 'em in a dream of where you are right now
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CHORUS
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Yes and time's gonna take me back
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(Yes and) time's gonna take me back
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Yes and time's gonna take me back to you
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VERSE
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Baby's got the only love I trust
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She's standin' in the rainy rust an' dust
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She's straight with me
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Baby's got my wild nighttime sea laid down
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Babe, I wanna get your hand in mine
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Let my little song be a screamin' sign
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You are the one
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An' I'll be hangin' on to the things we done . . . meanwhile
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BRIDGE
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This city here kicks an' rumbles
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Way on past the midnight hour
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There ain't nowhere to walk or run to get away
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The world and the work's before me
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I'm caught in the plans I made up
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I don't know when, but I'll be back to you someday
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(INSTRUMENTAL BREAK)
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VERSE
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Baby's wakin' up in the delta sun
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She's wakin' up to blues an' she's on the run
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That land is old
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An' it's haunted by a ghost in the chains of gold . . . blood chains
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Babe, I wanna cool you down for free
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I wanna do for you what you done for me
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Your eyes are tired
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An' you've been livin' with a brain full of sunset fire too long
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(REPEAT CHORUS)
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Steve Forbert
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Welk Music (ASCAP)/
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Rolling Tide Music (ASCAP)
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Song for the South
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Steve Forbert |