Cale Prater - Shadow

 
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Maybe we were running toward the mountains 
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For their beauty, serenity and grace 
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Or maybe we were running from the prairie 
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That kept blowing dust in our face 
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Either way we knew we had to fly 
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We were drowning in the bluestem and the mud 
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We were gonna chase that Rocky Mountain high 
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And wed get there any way that we could 
 

 
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It was a black Honda shadow, 
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Tail pipes loud like thunder 
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We were riding fast enough to outrun the cloud we were under 
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Two-up on that shadow 
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A little tent and some pocket change 
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We pointed that bike toward the west and burned across the plains 
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As the Rockies rose before us 
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Our spirits rose up like a phoenix 
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When the Kansas clay gets in your soul theres just one way to clean it 
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You said if we survived that ride we could last through anything 
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Now its 20 years later 
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And youre right here next to me 
 

 
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Today I no longer have that shadow 
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Sold it to some guy I didnt know 
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Theres some things in life we just outgrow 
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When we got kids and jobs and shit ya know 
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But sometimes I think back and smile 
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Jet black paint and shiny chrome 
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And I think about the thousands of miles 
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That we travelled till we realized we were home 
 

 
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We thought we knew our destination 
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But the highway had in mind another fate 
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And when we came up on the crossroads 
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We hit the gas and kept on going strait 
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And I dont know, where those other paths would take us 
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What lies to the left or to the right 
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But I got memories of an old black Honda shadow 
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And I got you with me tonight 
 

 
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It was a black Honda shadow, 
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Tail pipes loud like thunder 
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We were riding fast enough to outrun the cloud we were under 
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Two-up on that shadow 
           Em                   G 
A little tent and some pocket change 
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We pointed that bike toward the west and burned across the plains 
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As the Rockies rose before us 
              C               G 
Our spirits rose up like a phoenix 
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When the Kansas clay gets in your soul theres just one way to clean it 
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You said if we survived that ride we could last through anything 
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Now its 20 years later 
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And youre right here next to me