Dolly Parton – Sittin On The Front Porch Swing (Guitar)

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I remember the time when the bloom was on the cotton

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When our hearts chased the clouds like the swallows on their wings

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Winter cares which were already few were soon forgotten

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Just sittin' on the front porch swing

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Oh we'd sit every Sunday and watch the married ladies

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And we dreamed of white dresses and church bells in the spring

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And they'd talk and paint their nails while they let us hold their babies

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Sittin' on the front porch swing

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Where was I when the time came to join the married ladies

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Why did I paint the nail when the finger had no ring

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Why do I sit at my age and long to hold their babies

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Sittin' on the front porch swing

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When the mind longs to follow but the memory erases

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And the lips form the words but the heart no longer sings

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When the leaves in the hollow have been dyed to match the faces

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Sittin' on the front porch swing

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Oh we'll dream of the time when the bloom was on the cotton

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When our hearts chased the clouds like the swallow on their wings

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But the words to the rhyme are not the only things forgotten

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Sittin' on the front porch swing

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Sittin' on the front porch swing