Johnny Paycheck – The Cave (Guitar)

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Last night I had the strangest dream that I have ever dreamed

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I was a boy again, just barely in my teens.

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Wandering through the woods and hills, that tower above our town.

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And in the rocks and brush the entrance to a cave I found.

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And like most any young boy would, I crawled into the cave.

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And through the damp dark darkness then I slowly made my way

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Tunnel after tunnel going this old way and that,

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until suddenly I knew I didn't know where I was at.

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I tried to find the way out, but it seemed to be in vain.

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The more I tried the more confused and frightened I became.

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At last, in sheer exhaustion I collapsed and feel asleep,

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until the distant roaring sound of thunder wakened me.

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The thunder boomed, the earth it shook, I trembled in my fear.

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Surly this must be the worst storm in a thousand years.

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And all the time the fury of the storm just seemed to grow,

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until suddenly it ended with a great earth quaking blow.

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I then began to crawl around, and watch - a stroke of luck!

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I saw above a tiny light and so I followed up.

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And soon I crawled from out of what I thought would be my grave,

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and what I saw it made me wish I was back down in the cave.

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For there was not a blade of grass, a tree or bush around.

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Not even one small bug that's crawling on the parts burnt ground.

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And looking down the hill I saw the shambles of our town -

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Where people used to live before the bomb came down.