Misc Originals – Dale Arends - One More Lullaby (Guitar)

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I see her cross the cattle grate coming down that’s gravel road

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Holding hands with the Kessler boy in a halo of sunlit gold

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I remember the day that you were born, bald headed, crying loud

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And how held you close and sang to you ‘bout as girl and her Daddy proud

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A girl and her Daddy proud

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So baby let me sing to you just one more lullaby

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We’ve come this far all on our own, and I never wondered why?

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Just lay your tiny head down, rest awhile here with me

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Let tomorrow take care of itself, yesterday’s a memory

 C         G  Cadd9
Just a memory

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She comes to me at midnight like a song on the AM band

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Her fear and loneliness fade in and out like the scars on her hands

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And on the porch we talk things over, sometimes until the morn’

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We sit and rock together and share the secrets that we’ve borne

     C                    G
The secrets that we’ve borne

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So Darlin’ let me sing to you just one more lullaby

    D                                    C
We came this far all on our own, did we ever wonder why?

      D                                C
Just lay your pretty head down, rest awhile here with me

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Let tomorrow take care of itself, yesterday’s a memory

 C         G
Just a memory

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She says she holds the truth close in her arms as she’s heading out the door

          D                                C
With her PhD in philosophy, she keeps the distance she adores

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Her Logic is a safety net so she won’t fall off the edge

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of her self-affirming pinnacle, back into her husband’s bed

   C                G
Into her husband’s bed 

    D                             C
So maybe let me sing to you just one more lullaby

        D                                     C
You’ve come so far, all on your own, did you ever wonder why?

      D                                C
Just lay your busy head down one more time here with me

      G                                  D          C
Let tomorrow take care of itself, yesterday’s a memory

 C          G  Cadd9
Just a memory 

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Gray and blind in a pullman car she’s made from her chair’s rubber wheels

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She tells the phantom passengers and the Nurse Aide what she feels

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She’ll listen to her memories awhile then ask where Dad’s done got

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And how she hopes he’ll come sit by her ‘fore the train comes to its stop

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Train comes to it’s stop

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So Mama let me sing to you just one more lullaby

     D                                      C
You came this far all on your own, and you never wondered why

      D                                 C
Just lay your weary head down one more time here with me

       G                                 D          C
Let tomorrow take care of itself, yesterday’s a memory

 C          G
Just a memory

Cadd9       G
Just a memory

     Cadd9       G
It’s Just a memory