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Banjo Moon
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Greg Brown
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There was someone that I used to know
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she was a personal friend of mine
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we were lovers long ago
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back in the traveling times
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and I happened to pass through her town
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I thought I'd call her on the phone
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so we could talk about what we'd found
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she said, hey, please just leave me alone
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Oh, and I
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I don't know
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everywhere I go
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sorrow is as thin as an electric mandolin
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and the moon is as round as a banjo
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I guess he took it pretty hard
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he just kept drinking all through the night
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we walked along by the old church yard
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in the bloodshot morning light
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He said, "I was always afraid she'd go away
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I've been expecting it for years"
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and as I looked at the cold blue bay
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it looked like my friend's eyes all full of tears
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Oh, and I
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I don't know
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everywhere I go
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sorrow is as thin as an electric mandolin
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and the moon is as round as a banjo
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Oh, grandmother has seen such grief
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that when she laughs we all go crazy
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she says that it is her belief
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that us youngsters get too lazy
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we give up on love so fast
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and we scatter out so wide and so far
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we dream of no future and we love no past
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grandma don't know where all her great grandchildren are
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Oh, and I
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I don't know
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everywhere I go
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sorrow is as thin as an electric mandolin
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and the moon is as round as a banjo
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There's so many of my friends
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and I bet there's some of yours too
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who find themselves at such loose ends
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all grown up and nothing to do
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just trying to make a little dough
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and help eachother through the dark
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I hope they find a way to go
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I pray they will not lose their spark
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Oh, and I
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I don't know
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everywhere I go
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sorrow is as thin as an electric mandolin
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and the moon is as round as a banjo
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I'd like to meet you someplace
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besides a tavern or a station
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where we could look at eachother's face
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in a little better situation
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we could have some supper and a talk
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play that music that we love
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and we could take a country walk
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under the holy stars above
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Oh, and I
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I don't know
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everywhere I go
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sorrow is as thin as an electric mandolin
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and the moon is as round as a banjo
Greg Brown - Our Little Town
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