Intro
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Daddy played guitar in a bluegrass band
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He made his living on the D O T
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Faded star upon his wrist
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He come out of Huntsville back in ’86
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And he just waved bye-bye
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like he was some ordinary guy.
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Goddamn that man, but what he told me sticks
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We’ve gotta cross that river in a black dog wind.
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I lost myself in the jack--knife daylight
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I sang “Rock of Ages” ’til I was cross--eyed
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The night seemed so endless, and I fought with the sunshine
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Mama begged me to wait for the right time
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Oh, I just waved bye-bye
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I was waiting to fly
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Goddamn that man, but what he told me sticks
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We’ve gotta cross that river in a black dog wind
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Rose of roses
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Take my troubled mind
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To the water
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I grew stronger and I grew older
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Only myself, and I had no other
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The sun rose in my blood early one morning
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And love was so simple, like a new day dawning
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I waved bye--bye
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to that city of mine
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I loved that man, but I’m not like him
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Sometimes we cross that river in a black dog wind