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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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That's how they found him
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He was howling at the moon
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He's sitting right there on
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the railway tracks
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And the train was coming
Verse 2
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There was a string of wild flowers
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Draped around his collar
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And when he saw the men
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were coming for him
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Well, he began to holler
Verse 3
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He cried, "Take me away,
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take me away"
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But the men could not be sure
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If he was talking to them or talking
to the oncoming train
Verse 4
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Now his mama she watched
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religion on the TV
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to dusk
And at night when she'd
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hear him howling
Well, she'd cried to Jesus
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Verse 5
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For years she begged
the Sweet Redeemer
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To heal her crazy son
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Until finally she just gave
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up on miracles
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And called the men to come
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Verse 6
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She told them, "Take him away,
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take my son away
'Cause after 20 long years
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I've simply run out prayers to pray"
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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But as he stood to fight the men
From the other side of the railway bed
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He thought he heard the calling voice
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Of an old friend he thought long dead
Verse 8
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But when he turned away from the men
He found it was a stranger
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calling him
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And as if he knew that man
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He smiled and raised his hand
Verse 9
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As he stepped into the golden sun
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Of the headlight of the oncoming train
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And as he did he locked eyes
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with that stranger
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He cried out one last time
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He cried, "Take me away,
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please, take me away"
Verse 10
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And to this day in this little town
Not a soul knows what he
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was trying to say
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All them years of shouting take me away
No, no one knows what he was trying to say
Outro 1
Or who that stranger was
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