I remember waking in the morning
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To the sound of the rooster's crow
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Mamma cooking in the kitchen
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Arthur Godfrey on the radio
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Me and Dad were just like strangers
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We never did see eye to eye
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Came to blows one Sunday morning
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So I packed my bags and I said goodbye
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CHORUS
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When you leave that way you can never go back
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A train won't run on a torn up track
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Sometimes I wish I'd never roamed,oh no
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'Cause when you leave that way you can never go home
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Then I met a girl in Knoxville
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Oh, we set our wedding day
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I left her standing at the alter
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With a baby on the way
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REPEAT CHORUS
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Lord I'd love to see my mom and daddy
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And what I'd give to hold that boy of mine
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I'd get down on my knees and I'd say I'm sorry
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If I could only go back one more time
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But I killed a man in Houston
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When he caught me with his wife
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And I told the preacher man to leave me alone
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When he came to read my rights
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CHORUS
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He said son,when you leave this way you can never come back
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A soul won't roll on a torn up track
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All through eternity you'll roam alone
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'Cause when you leave this way you can never come home
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All through eternity you'll roam alone
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'Cause when you leave this way you can never come home
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When You Leave That Way (You Can Never Go Back)
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Confederate Railroad |