Well I rode the green across this country.
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Horses lived and died to take me.
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Men I killed to help me get there, further West I died to
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take me.
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Blackened face and dirty laundry. Many days since
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I have eaten. Found myself a family. Broke my back
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So I could feed them.
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Chorus:
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High in the wind. Standing in the sun.
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We're going to raise up the heavens.
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With a shovel and a gun.
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I was so much younger then. I would never ever listen.
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I am so much older now. I thought that things would
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end up different.
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Farewell, lover in green.
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Elizabeth she is my lady. Says the prayers and
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does the learning.
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Waking up all the children.
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Making love in the early morning.
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We took to building up the cities. we built the churches
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in our cities.
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Happy in the green country. In the green
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they buried me.
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Chorus
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Well I'm dead now. My wife Elizabeth is at my side.
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I've got children all around me. I've got grandchildren.
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I've got great grandchildren. I've got great
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great great great
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Grandchildren. Too many for me to remember.
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Maybe one of them is you ...
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Monument in Green
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| Big Head Todd & the Monsters |
