Iron & Wine – Waves Of Galveston (Guitar)

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Leave the waves of Galveston but only if you can

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'Cause you've been hid behind the seawall, gently folded in the sand

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Papa left you for Heaven after your Mama lost her song

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And though your baby left you for Houston, no one stays there very long

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There's a graveyard by the pizza parlor, a gate that only closes

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Snowbirds fly away like secrets no one really wants to know

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The climbing moon's always shining on the kind of shells you keep

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The broken horse tied to the water tower's running in his sleep

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It's too bad that you ain't got a soft place to fall

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It's too bad Texas leans to the least of us all

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And says, “If you can make the music then you can have the dance

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If you can shoot the pistol then you can wear the pants”

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So leave the waves of Galveston but only if you can

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'Cause it's the only place the Lone Star kind have offered you a hand

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Your baby left you nothing but a dog she left for dead

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You never knew you were a burden 'til it hit you on the head

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It's too bad that you ain't got a soft place to fall

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It's too bad Texas leans to the least of us all

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And says, “If you can make the music then you can have the dance

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If you can shoot the pistol then you can wear the pants”