Dustbowl Dance

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The young man stands on the edge of his porch
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The days were short and the father was gone
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There was no one in the town and no one in the field
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This dusty barren land had given all it could yield
 
 
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I've been kicked off my land at the age of sixteen
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And I have no idea where else my heart could have been
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I placed all my trust at the foot of this hill
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And now I am sure my heart can never be still
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So collect your courage and collect your horse
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And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse
 
 
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Seal my heart and brake my pride
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I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide
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Align my heart, my body, my mind
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To face what I've done and do my time
 
 
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Well you are my accuser, now look in my face
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Your opression reeks of your greed and disgrace
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So one man has and another has not
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How can you love what it is you have got
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When you took it all from the weak hands of the poor?
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Liars and thieves you know not what is in store
 
 
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There will come a time I will look in your eye
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You will pray to the God that you always denied
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The I'll go out back and I'll get my gun
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I'll say, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"
 
 
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Seal my heart and brake my pride
     Fm         Cm            Fm         G
I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide
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Align my heart, my body, my mind
   Fm             Cm       Fm    G
To face what I've done and do my time
 
- 2x -
 
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Well yes sir, yes sir, yes it was me
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I know what I've done, cause I know what I've seen
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I went out back and I got my gun
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I said, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"      

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