Tom Paxton – I Followed Her Into The West (Guitar)

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Where I had never been before.

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And never did she see me as

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I stood there helpless by the door.

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Each day my resolution rose,

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And every day an oath I swore:

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Tonight I'd stand and be a man;

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Tonight I'd knock upon her door.

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And shaved and pressed and cleaned and dressed,

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I'd start upon the quest once more.

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But each night ended as the rest:

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I could not knock upon her door.

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I paced my room and cursed myself;

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I swore that I would go no more.

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When, as the sun was sinking low,

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I heard a knocking at my door.

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And standing there with food for me;

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Standing there, my heart's delight!

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Who said, "I thought you must be ill.

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I missed you at my door tonight.

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"Now you must rest and you must sleep,

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Your resolution to restore.

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And when these dishes you return,

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Be sure to knock upon my door."

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I followed her into the west

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Where I had never been before.

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And never did she see me as

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I stood there helpless by the door.