| He was my brother born the day I left
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| He took the mother lode and I took the rest
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| He was a fighter, he was always in control
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| He kept a candle burning way down in his soul
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| Shots fired in anger and a widow cries alone
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| Just one more mother’s son who won’t be coming home
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| They speak in whispers there are riders to the east
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| The blind man says mister bring a bottle and a priest
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| That’s the way it always goes
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| That’s the way it’s always been
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| Who you are or what you know
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| You’re like a feather in the wind
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| Let the river wash you away
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| Reach the river if you can
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| Past the blue and past the grey
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| All the way, all the way
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| All the way to no man’s land
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| There was no shelter there was nowhere left to run
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| They came like eagles screaming down out of the sun
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| I heard the whistle sound the engine pulled away
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| I saw my brother down and I left him where he lay
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| Some fight for honor there are those that fight for gold
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| Some die believing all the fairy tales they’re told
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| There are no heroes and there is no marching bang
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| There are no miracles down here in no man’s land
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| That’s the way it always goes
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| That’s the way it’s always been
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| Who you are or what you know
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| You’re like a feather in the wind
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| Let the river wash you away
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| Reach the river if you can
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| Past the blue and past the grey
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| All the way, all the way
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| All the way to no man’s land
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| (let the river wash away)
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| (let the river wash away)
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| That’s the way it always goes
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| That’s the way it’s always been
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| Who you are or what you know
|
| You’re like a feather in the wind
|
| Let the river wash you away
|
| Reach the river if you can
|
| Past the blue and past the grey
|
| All the way, all the way
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| All the way to no man’s land
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| (let the river wash away) let the river wash away
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| (let the river wash away) let the river wash away
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| (let the river wash away) let the river wash away
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| Let the river wash away
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| Let the river wash away |