The Charlie Daniels Band – Sweetwater Texas (Guitar)

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When I was a young man in Sweetwater Texas

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Just one thing stayed on my mind

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To ride a white horse over Durango mountain

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And leave Sweetwater Texas behind

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But I turned twenty one there in Sweetwater Texas

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Just one thing made me stay there

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I wanted to leave, but I was in love

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The girl with the chestnut brown hair

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And there came a time, 

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when she said shed be mine

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And go any place any time

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So we rode a grey dog over Durango mountain

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And left Sweetwater Texas behind

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It was thundering and lightning when we left Nolan County

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The bus rolled along through the night

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And old 36 was a magic black demon 

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leading towards the citys bright lights

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we pulled into Houston at ten in the morning

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our hopes were as high as the sky

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but hopes turn to weeks, then years, then forever

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I never knew how fast time goes by

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And cowboys sellin cars

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And country girls in bars

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Somehow just don’t seem fair

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And I wanted to die cause I knew I was loosing 

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The girl with the chestnut brown hair

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So many times I said

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Id rather be dead

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Than take downs to go to bed

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And ups to clear my head

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But If the good lord sees his way

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To let me live one more day

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Im so tired of being alone

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Gonna ride a white horse over Durango mountain 

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And make Sweetwater Texas my home.