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John Hiatt
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saw a red tailed hawk eatin' road kill
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said "Man, what happened to your dignity?"
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he said "Subdivisions have taken my home
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and there's no more pray to eat."
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i said, "Where we gonna live?"
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he said "Anywhere you want to, i guess
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all you creature walkin' upright 'Round here
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well you've really made a mess."
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CHORUS:
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i wish we both could fly back home
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to the green fields of our youth
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where friends and family set the tone
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with the hardcore language of the truth
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i know times bent on destruction
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the past is over every day
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i wish we both could fly back home
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but we can't, so i guess i'll just fly away
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an owl swooped down
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as i was drivin' my pickup through the creek
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he said, "i was only tryin' to scare ya
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but instead you scared the hell right out of me."
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with three hundred forty-Five houses
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a locking differential and four-wheel drive
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i guess you were livin' large there, country boy
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i was just tryin' to survive
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CHORUS:
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i wish we both could fly back home
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to the green fields of our youth
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where friends and family set the tone
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with the hardcore language of the truth
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i know times bent on destruction
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the past is over every day
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i wish we both could fly back home
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but we can't, so i guess i'll just fly away
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there was a rattlesnake up on the road
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i ran him over and over 'Til he died
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then his ghost rose up
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and curled around this fear i hold inside
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he flew on off to heaven
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as i sat there in my instrument of death
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i had to think what i was doin'
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i had to think just to draw another breath
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CHORUS:
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i wish we both could fly back home
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to the green fields of our youth
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where friends and family set the tone
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with the hardcore language of the truth
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i know times bent on destruction
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the past is over every day
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i wish we both could fly back home
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but we can't, so i guess i'll just fly away
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CHORUS:
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i wish we both could fly back home
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to the green fields of our youth
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where friends and family set the tone
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with the hardcore language of the truth
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i know times bent on destruction
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the past is over every day
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i wish we both could fly back home
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but we can't, so i guess i'll just fly away
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