We made a pact
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Lying there on our backs
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Swearing to every star
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That the sky did hold
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Promising our love was true
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Promising to see it through
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Then we headed due Southwest
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Across the Muscle Shoals
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We slid down a riverbank
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In the pouring rain giving thanks
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For the strength just to carry on
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Through the fog and the cold
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There at the water's edge
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She tugged my arm
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And I nodded my head
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Just one more step
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And that river took a hold
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When my love crosses over
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I'm coming over too
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To cross that mighty river that's before us
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To the new western world
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Mountains high and plain unfurled
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Desert stretching out
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To touch the Californias
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We said we'd never look back
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We never have and that's a fact
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That Mississippi washed us clean
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Down to the bone
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The journey's been long my friend
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Hell, you never know what state you're in
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Yeah, but the unknown
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It's always the unknown
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When my love crosses over
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I'm coming over too
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To cross that mighty river that's before us
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To the new western world
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Mountains high and plain unfurled
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Desert stretching out
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To touch the Californias
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I lost track of you a while
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But you were waiting for me with a smile
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Made me feel like a little child
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With a brand new view
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Let's do it all over babe
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It'd just be another trip we made
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When my love crosses over
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I'm coming too
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When My Love Crosses Over
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| John Hiatt |
