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Tom Frampton
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Woody Guthrie's ghost and I went out for a walk
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And we talked of the world's state of affairs
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And we talked of the state of my life's disrepair
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"And Woody," says I, "I've got all these songs
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in my head that I just can't write.
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And tonight all I've got is these 2 or 3 chords
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A 5-string guitar and a couple of words."
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And Woody he says, "Kid, quit showing off.
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In my day that was more than enough."
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Me and John Brown's ghost went for a drive past the armory
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And he started to smirk, I shook my head I laughed
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I said, "Johnny boy, a lot's changed in a century and a half
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And besides," says I, "I don't have a family quite like did you."
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"Well that's true," he said, "But families are made,
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You don't have to get guns, but you can't get afraid.
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Ain't nothing different than anything we ever did.
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Never stopped us when I was a kid."
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Me and my grandpa George's ghost went down to the Delaware shore
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And we sat on the porch as the sun went down
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I said, "Grandpa, lord we all miss you around.
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It seems since you're gone, this town, well this town just ain't the same.
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I came here first when I was 9 months old,
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And just like you this is where I'm gonna grow old."
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And grandpa and me played pennies once more that night
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I said, "Grandpa, there's this song I gotta go write."
Tom Frampton - Johnny
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