There's a rugged road on the prairie
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Stretchin' all across the last frontier
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There a stranger strives solitary
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Blessed is the lonesome pioneer
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Roll on, roll on, roll on
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Night birds are flyin'
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Come on, the light is gone
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Hope's slowly dyin'
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Tell me how you come ridin' through
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Still surveyin' the miles yet to run
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On the long and lonely road to kingdom come
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She can blaze a trail, through the rumblin'
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Dims her guiding light to just a spark
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When the hour is low, she comes tumblin'
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When the moon is high she gives her heart
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Roll on, roll on, roll on
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Night birds are flyin'
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Come on, the light is gone
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Hope's slowly dyin'
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Tell me how you come ridin' through
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Gainin' steady till this round is won
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On the long and lonely road to kingdom come
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People far below chasin'pleasures
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Offer her directions on the run
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Prophets on the path offertreasures
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Though she's mighty hungry she takes none
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Roll on, roll on, roll on
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Night birds are flyin'
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Come on, the light is gone
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Hope's slowly dyin'
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Tell me how you come ridin' through
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Blindly faithful but followin' none
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On the long & lonely road to kingdom come
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When the sun goes down at the right time
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She comes windin' through the purple haze
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Just a feather's touch in the nighttime
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But it'll color all my weary days
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Shinin' finer than this earthly sun
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On the ragged rugged road to kingdom come
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On the ragged rugged road to kingdom come
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There's a rugged road
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| Shawn Colvin |
