Indigo Girls – Nashville (Guitar)

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As I drive from your pearly gates I realize that I just can't stay.

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All those mountains, they kept you locked inside and hid the truth

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from my slighted eyes. I came to you with a half-open heart dreams

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upon my back, illusions of a brand new start. Nashville, can't I

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carry the load? Is it my fault I can't reap what I sow? Nashville,

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did you give me half a chance with your southern style, and your

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hidden dance away dance away, now you dance away

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All those voices, they whisper through my walls

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They talk of falling fast, they say I'm losing it all

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They say I'm running blind to a love of my own

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But I'll be walking proud I'm saving what I still own

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I fell on my knees to kiss your land

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But you are so far down, and I can't even see to stand

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Nashville, you forgot the human race

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You see with half a mind what colors hide the face

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Nashville, I'd like to know your fate

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I'd like to stay a while but I've seen your lowered state today

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I've seen them today, honey I swear I've seen 'em today

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Now I'm leaving, I've got all these debts to pay

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You know we all have our dues, I'll pay in some other place

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I'd never ask that you pay me back

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We all arrive with more, I left with less than I had

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Your town is made for people passing through

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A last chance for a cause I thought I knew

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But Nashville, you tell me what you are gonna do

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With all your Southern style, it'll never pull you through

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Nashville, I can't place no blame

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But if you forget my face, I'll never call your name again

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No, never again, no, never, never again

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I fell on my knees to kiss your land

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But you are so far down, and I can't even see to stand

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And Nashville, you forgot the human race

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You see with half a mind what colors hide the face

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Nashville, I'd like to know your fate

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I'd like to stay a while but I've seen your lowered state today

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I've seen 'em today, honey, I swear I've seen 'em today

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I'm running away, I'm running away, I'm running, I'm running, I'm

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running away