River Washed Hair keyboard

River Washed Hair

• Intro

Intro
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Verse 1
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Remember when we’d sit around an ol’ fire
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And you’d whip your guitar out to sing
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We’d sing CCR, Jersey Giant, Don’t Look Back in Anger, or anything by Bruce Springsteen
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Back when ol’ Anna would throw her ol’ hands up with her face framed by the fire
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It’d get so late we’d take hits from a joint mistake shooting stars for telephone wire
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Now I’ve grown partial to having a heart full of memories that I can’t bare
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Them girls in summer clothes and Lord knows the soft scent of her dark long river washed hair


Break
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Verse 2
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And I think I might pack a bag in the night.
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Find me some small town out west.
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Start over, find closure, and just say
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I'm sorry to that sweet girl who tore off that dress.
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The way the moon's cresting over green pines resting
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next to that coastline I rode.
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It made me think of you in the dirt out in Santa Fe
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and all of the good times I stole.
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Remember when Shawn was drunk quotin' Kerouac
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Remember when Steve quit the band?
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I don't know nothing But if I knew something
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I'd know that I've helped all I can.


Break
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Verse 3
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I think it's about time that I sever it
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you never look on me or desperate
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and I've never been more worried about
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The state of the world angry girl.
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The time just stays passing, I think of my dad 
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when the army and navy games on.
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And every night I wonder if he's proud of the man 
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who threw fists that late night in his lung.
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I don't like being famous, They tame you then paint you.
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As Someone you've never been.
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And I'm pissed my mama can't see me singin'
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for this crowd out in deep Michigan.
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And I'll leave you with something don't leave with nothing
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Be safe on your long drive home.
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There ain't nothing in this poor man's apartment, apart from being alone.
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And I wish you were around this time of year.
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Every time they drop that ball,
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drinking parking lot beers while the fire disappears
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over Time Square and Webster Hall


Outro
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