| Version 1
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| I’m goin' away, to a world unknown
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| I’m goin' away, to a world unknown
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| I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long
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| My rider got somethin', she’s tryin’a keep it hid
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| My rider got somethin', she’s tryin’a keep it hid
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| Lord, I got somethin' to find that somethin' with
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| I feel like choppin', chips flyin' everywhere
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| I feel like choppin', chips flyin' everywhere
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| I been to the Nation1, oh Lord, but I couldn’t stay there
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| Some people say them oversea blues ain’t bad
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| (spoken: Why, of course they are)
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| Some people say them oversea blues ain’t bad
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| (spoken: What was a-matter with 'em?!)
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| It must not a-been them oversea blues I had
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| Every day seem like murder here
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| (spoken: My God, I’m no sheriff)
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| Every day seem like murder here
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| I’m gonna leave tomorrow, I know you don’t bid my care
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| Can’t go down any dirt road by myself
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| Can’t go down any dirt road by myself
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| (spoken: My Lord, who ya gonna carry?)
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| I don’t carry my2, gonna carry me someone else
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| Version 2
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| I’m goin' away, to a world unknown
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| I’m goin' away, to a world unknown
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| I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long
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| Her heart hurts so bad, she try to keep it hid
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| Her heart hurts so bad, she try to keep it hid
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| Ah, Lord, I got some, hmm, finer love somewhere
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| I feel like choppin' it, chips flyin' everywhere
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| I feel like choppin' it, chips flyin' everywhere
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| I’m glad, but I’m leavin', Lord, but I couldn’t stay there
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| Some people say them overseas blues ain’t bad
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| (spoken: Why, of course they are)
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| Some people say them overseas blues ain’t bad
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| (spoken: What was the matter with 'em?)
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| It must not been them overseas blues I had
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| Everyday seems like murder here
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| (spoken: My Lord, of course they are)
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| Everyday seems like murder here
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| I’m gone leave tomorrow, I know you don’t a bit more care
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| I can’t go down a dark road by myself
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| I can’t go down a dark road by myself
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| (spoken: My Lord, who ya gonna carry?)
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| I don’t carry my heart, gonna carry me someone’s else |