Nevada Jane

 
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Are the linens turned down, in folds of glowing white 
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Are you lying there    alone again tonight 
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He's marching with the men through the cold November rain 
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but you know he'll come back home Nevada Jane 
 

 
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And when he stumbles in with blood upon his shirt 
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Washing up alone, just to hide the hurt 
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He will lie down by your side and wake you with your name 
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You'll hold him in your arms, Nevada Jane 
 

 
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Have you seen the way he holds her as though she was a bride 
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children riding on shoulders strong & wide 
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She never thought to scold him or even to complain 
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and Big Bill always loved Nevada Jane 
 

 
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Nevada Jane went riding, her pony took a fall 
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The doctor said she never would walk again at all 
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But Big Bill could lightly lift her, the big hands rough and plain 
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Would gently carry home Nevada Jane 
 

 
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The storms of Colorado they rained for ten long years 
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The mines of old Montana were filled with blood and tears, 
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California, Arizona, and Utah heard the name 
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Of the man who always loved Nevada Jane 
 

 
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Have you seen the way he holds her as though she was a bride 
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children riding on shoulders strong & wide 
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She never thought to scold him or even to complain 
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and Big Bill always loved Nevada Jane 
 

 
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Now the ranks are scattered like leaves upon the breeze, 
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And with them go the memory of harder times than these, 
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But some things never change, they always stay the same, 
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Just like the way Bill loved Nevada Jane 
 

 
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Have you seen the way he holds her as though she was a bride 
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children riding on shoulders strong & wide 
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She never thought to scold him or even to complain 
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and Big Bill always loved Nevada Jane 
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Yeah, Big Bill always loved Nevada Jane