by Utah Phillips
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Is that the moon I see
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Over there in the west?
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Or just a headlight beam
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C&O express?
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I know she's gone
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Whatever I say
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And it won't be long
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'Til I make up my mind
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And go away
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Is that the sun coming up
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On that eastern shore
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Or just a coal fire glow
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Behind the firebox door?
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I know she's gone
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Whatever I say
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And it won't be long
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'Til I make up my mind
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And go away.
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See that man? He can't hear the whistle
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The damned old fool's caught out on the trestle
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He can't go forward and he can't go back
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The train kept a-rollin'
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Brushed him off the track
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Other winds may blow
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And the storm will rise
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Still I long to go
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Where the fast mail flies
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I know she's gone
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Whatever I say
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And it won't be long
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'Til I make up my mind
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And go away
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See that man...
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Goin' Away
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Flatlanders |