Some Times

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I rode the Orange Blossom Special 
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Back in fourty-nine 
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Manhattan to Miami 
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She was the finest on the line 
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Well, I worked the dining car 
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America rolled by 
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A young kid waiting tables 
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Just trying to make a dime 
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I've seen the end of the rainbow 
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There was no pot of gold 
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A lesson learned the hard way 
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One more lie that I'd been told 

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Been tempted by the devil 
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I let that evil in 
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And I have been forgiven 
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By my dearest friend 
 

 
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Sometimes, sometimes 
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I have seen some times 
 

 
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I met a pretty girl from Texas 
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We settled down in Abiline 
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Started up a family 
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Man, those days were lean 

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They shot JFK and Bobby 
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And Martin Luther King 
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I heard Mavis and Aretha, and 
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Mahalia Jackson sing 
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Lord, everyone was broken 
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Our innocence was gone 
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Then we lost our youngest 
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To the war in Vietnam 
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I still hear his mama crying 
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they day our baby died 
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Ain't no way he didn't make it 
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over to the other side 
 

 
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Sometimes, sometimes 
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I have seen some times 
 

 
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Oh, I am an old man now 
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My life is almost done 
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Deep in by heart I do believe 
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We shall overcome 
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I pray for no more sorrow 
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A kinder tomorrow 
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Can we get there without a loaded gun? 
 

 
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I lived to see the first black president 
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I was so proud I cried 
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For the first time I felt equal 
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Martin's dream was still alive 

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I held my woman in my arms 
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It was hard to say goodbye 
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I kissed her for the last time 
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She smiled and closed her eyes 

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Oh, I miss her every morning 
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Her kind and gentle ways 
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Life changes without warning 
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You can't bring back yesterday 

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If that Orange Blossom Special 
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Comes rolling down the line 
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Stop and think about me 
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When that old train whistle whines 
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Sometimes, sometimes 
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I have seen some times 
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Sometimes, sometimes 
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I have seen some times