MANDOLIN ORANGE
Lonesome Whistle
CAPO IV
[Intro] (x2)
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[Verse 1]
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All eyes out on the railroad, all eyes out on the sea
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All these means of travel, darling, mean nothing once your soul has been set free
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So hear that lonesome whistle blowing in the shadow of a sail
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The winds are high and the tides are flowing, that high ball's rolling down the rail
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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Little redbird in the corner, there's a blackbird at the door
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And Lord I know if he should ever cross over the blood would hit the floor
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So hear that lonesome whistle blowing, hear that engine cough and whine
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See those black sails meet horizons, that old blackbird knows it's time
[Interlude] (x2)
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[Verse 3]
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Harken, hear the angels humming, six white horses set to run
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And my bones rattle 'tween their rumbling and the setting of the sun