| Take that night train to Memphis
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| Take that night train to Memphis
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| Take it and I’ll meet you at the station
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| I’ll be right there to meet you
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| I’ll be right there to greet you
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| Don’t turn down my invitation
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| Take that night train to Memphis
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| Take that night train to Memphis
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| Take it and I’ll meet you at the station
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| I’ll be right there to meet you
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| I’ll be right there to greet you
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| Don’t turn down my invitation
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| Hallelujah
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| (Hallelujah)
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| Hallelujah
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| (Hallelujah)
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| I’ll be shouting hallelujah all the day
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| Yeah, we’ll have a jubilee
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| Down in Memphis, Tennessee
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| We’ll be shouting hallelujah all the day
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| Take that night train to Memphis
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| Take that night train to Memphis
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| Engineer, you’ll leave that engine open
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| Keep that engine stack a-smoking
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| I’m not kidding and I’m not joking
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| I’ll soon be with my girl, I’m hoping
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| Hallelujah
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| (Hallelujah)
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| Hallelujah
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| (Hallelujah)
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| I’ll be shouting hallelujah all the day
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| (All the day)
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| Yeah, we’ll have a jubilee
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| Down in Memphis, Tennessee
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| We’ll be shouting hallelujah all the day
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| Yeah, we’ll have a jubilee
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| Down in Memphis, Tennessee
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| We’ll be shouting hallelujah all the day
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| We’ll be shouting hallelujah all the day, hey |