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All The Lilacs In Ohio
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John Hiatt
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Well, you met her there on a New York City stair
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You were throwing up on your shoes
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Tryin' to write the great book when it really had you shook
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With a bad case of wintertime blues
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So you drag her down to the ragged side of town
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She had a taxi to carry her home
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Then she left her handkerchief there beside you on the seat
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As if to emphasize that you were all alone
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It smelled like springtime and you were just a boy
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And all the lilacs in Ohio
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All the lilacs in Ohio. There ya go.
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In the city streets and the dirty winter snow
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All the lilacs in Ohio - hio.
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Well, she's the love story you speak of
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When you talk to Sam at the bar
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But it's in the details your story often fails
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Yeah, close, but no cigar
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And you might see your own a** in a double whiskey glass
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But you'll never erase her smile
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And you'll never write it down, never find her in this town
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Of phantom dreams and fingernail files
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It was springtime, and you were just a boy
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And all the lilacs in Ohio
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All the lilacs in Ohio. There ya go
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In city streets and the dirty winter snow
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All the lilacs in Ohio - hio
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So you pin her handkerchief to your clean white linen sheets
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And you unmake your bed, crawl in
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You imagine her there and you're tangled in her hair
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And she smells like flowers again
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And it's springtime, and you were just a boy
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All the lilacs in Ohio
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All the lilacs in Ohio. There ya go
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In the city streets and the dirty winter snow
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All the lilacs in Ohio - hio
John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band -...
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