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Intro 1
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Verse 1
the blues from my mother's knee
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Oh, I've got the blues from
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And I know she got the blues from me
I been thinkin' all day
Thinkin' about the past
thinkin' about the past
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Well I been thinkin' about
Verse 2
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Have you seen the letter,
what do you suppose it read?
Have you seen the letter,
what do you suppose it read?
It said "Come on home,
your poor mother's dead"
Then I grabbed a train and I went
home a- flyin'
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And I grabbed the train and I
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She wasn't dead but she was
slowly dyin'
Verse 3
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She said, "Run hither daughter,
fall down on your knees"
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fall down on your knees"
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Oh and she sang "Nearer,
My God, to Thee"
Nearer, My God, to Thee
I said, Nearer, my God, to Thee
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Mm mm mm, Nearer, my God,
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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Got down on my knees and I began to moan
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I fell right down, I began to moan
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"Yes, dear mother,
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I'll try to sing that song"
But the tears rolled down
like showers of rain
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And the tears rolled down my face
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Verse 5
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And I ran away with this pain in my heart
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And I ran away, pain in my heart
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there to take my part
I'm a wayward girl
I'm a wayward girl
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I'm a wayward girl, hey
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'Cause I had no mother there to take my part,
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Verse 6
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(Nearer, my God, to Thee)
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'Cause I had no mother there
to take my part
I'm a wayward girl
I'm a wayward girl
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Ooh ooh, hey hey
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to Thee
I'm a wayward girl
I'm a wayward girl
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Well, I'm a wayward
Outro 1
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