James Taylor – My Travelling Star (Ukulele)

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Watch my back and light my way

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My traveling star, my traveling star

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Watch over all of those born St. Christopher's Day

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Old road dog, young runaway

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They hunger for home but they cannot stay

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They wait by the door

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They stand and they stare

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They're already out of there

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They're already out of there

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My daddy used to ride the rails

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So they say, so they say

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Soft as smoke and as tough as nails

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Boxcar Jones, old walking man

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Coming back home was like going to jail

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The sheets and the blankets and babies and all

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No he never did come back home

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Never that I recall

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Nevermind the wind

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Nevermind the rain

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Nevermind the road 

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leading home again

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Never asking why

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Never knowing when

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Every now and then

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There he goes again

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She had a cat and a dog named Blue

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My traveling star, my traveling star

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A big old stove and a fireplace, too

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Old road dog, young runaway

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She told me she loved me like it was true

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I knew I should stay

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I knew I would go

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Run run run away

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Run run run away, boy

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Run before the wind

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Run before the rain

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Over yonder hill

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Just around the bend

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Never knowing why

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Never knowing when

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Every now and then

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There you go again

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Tie me up and hold me down

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Oh, my traveling star

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Bury my feet down in the ground

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Oh, old road dog

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Claim my name from the lost and found

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And let me believe this is where I belong

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Shame on me for sure

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For one more highway song

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My traveling star My traveling star