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Now He's Just Dust in the Wind
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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Out in the state of west Texas
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Old cowboys, they all gathered 'round.
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A family of friends from all over
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To spread his ashes around
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In the stirrups his boots were tied backwards
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Buell led his horse up the trail.
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You had to be there, he was cast in the air
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I'll remember the rest of my days.
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Way out in that desert terrain
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They scattered his ashes on the plains.
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On a painted plateau,we had to let go
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Of a man we were all glad to know.
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Cowboy Franky played fiddle
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He had a great tear in his eye.
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A friend, he had gone but he picked his own home,
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A god place to rest when he died.
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Now he's just dist in the wind
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He'd been every place that I've been.
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In spite of injustice he always stood tall.
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He'd a done it all over again.
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He was not a man of great fortune
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Born of a mixture in race
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French and Indian, Irish and black
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He was slighted by all in disgrace.
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As a playwright his friend addressed the troubles of men.
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He won a great prize of his day.
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But his true friends were always the cowboys,
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You heard nothing from them but their praise
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The song that was sung was one of farewell
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Goodbye to the friend we'd known well.
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A great man had died in west Texas
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Gone to heaven from a life lived in hell.
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The cowboys' lament to his spirit
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So moved me Icould not speak a word.
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Dust in the wind is what he became,
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I'll never forget what I heard.
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Now he's just dust in the wind
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He'd been every place that I've been
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In spite of injustice he always stood tall
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He'd a done it all over again.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott Live at Old City H...
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