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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was just out of the service,
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drifting through the countryside
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I found a field of fireflies to bed
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Before I fell asleep something
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caught my eye
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There was another man in the field,
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Verse 2
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Late in the springtime when
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You can find him in the field 'cross
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the street from his house
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Picking him a bouquet underneath
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With aging eyes as misty
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as an early morning dew
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Verse 3
I met him through the fireflies,
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he was a kind hearted man
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And I asked about the bouquet
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as I went to shake his hand
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He told me about his late wife and the flowers
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that she grew
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And how springtime was her favorite
'Cause that's when
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everything would bloom
Verse 4
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night I go pickin' a Cherokee rose
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I lay 'em on her headstone
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'cause she loved them the most
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No matter how many I have won't bring her back,
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But it makes me feel close to my Cherokee
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Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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He took me to where she lay low and he said,
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I lost her giving birth to
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We sat there in the silence as he held
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hands with her ghost
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the only peace I'll ever know"
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Verse 6
He said,
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at night I go pickin' a Cherokee rose
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I lay 'em on her headstone
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'cause she loved them the most
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No matter how many I have won't bring her back,
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But it makes me feel close
Verse 7
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Well, the days went on and the
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And on a rainy autumn day
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he joined her on the other side
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But in his will,
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it was much to my surprise
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He left me everything he had for
Verse 8
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Oh, it's been thirty-five years years
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since this land became mine
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And many things have changed but one
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thing has stood the test of time
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I spend every spring pickin'
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flowers with my wife
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Because he taught me love is one
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thing that will never die
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Verse 9
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picking a Cherokee rose
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I lay it on his headstone 'cause
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he loved her the most
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No matter how many I have won't
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bring her back I suppose
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But I know that he's close to his Cherokee
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Outro 1
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