written by Emmylou Harris and Kate & Anna McGarrigle
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© Almo Music Corp/ Poodlebone Music/
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Garden Court Music (ASCAP)
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All I left behind should come as no surprise
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To me since I fell through the black hole of your eyes
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Only little things inconsequential I could say
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Of all I left behind with you along the lost highway
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Silver earrings in Wichita
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Beaded moccasions in Tonopah
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But I had you so
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I just let them go
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The flannel shirt I wore to keep me from the cold
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When we drove from Boston all the way to Buffalo
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The leather boots I bought so many miles ago
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I took them off to follow you into the Ohio
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Never did my armor feel so thin
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Silk was all I had between me and your skin
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Like Waterloo
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I lost that too
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And the golden bracelet with my father's name inscribed
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On the back by the one who loved him all her life
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The way I too
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Could have loved you
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The Spanish shawl I put across the broken shade
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Of the lamp that lit the room
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That last night near Coeur d'Alene
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Only little things inconsequential I could say
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Of all I left behind with you along the lost highway
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Of all I left behind
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All I Left Behind
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| Linda Ronstadt |
