| By Bud Green, Les Brown and Ben Homer
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| GONNA TAKE A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY,
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| GONNA SET MY HEART AT EASE.
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| GONNA MAKE A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY,
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| TO RENEW OLD MEMORIES.
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| I’VE GOT MY BAG AND GOT MY RESERVATION,
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| SPENT EACH DIME I COULD AFFORD.
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| LIKE A CHILD IN WILD ANTICIPATION,
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| LONG TO HEAR THAT «ALL ABOARD!»
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| SEVEN, (seven)
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| THAT’S THE TIME WE LEAVE,
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| AT SEVEN. | 
| (seven)
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| I’LL BE WAITING OUT FOR HEAVEN, (heaven)
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| COUNTING EV’RY MILE OF RAILROAD TRACK
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| THAT TAKES ME BACK.
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| NEVER THOUGHT MY HEART COULD BE SO YEARNING,
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| WHY DID I DECIDE TO ROAM?
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| GOT TO TAKE THIS SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY,
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| SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY HOME.
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| I SAID AT SEVEN,
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| THAT’S THE TIME WE LEAVE,
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| AT SEVEN.
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| I’LL BE WAITING OUT FOR HEAVEN,
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| COUNTING EV’RY MILE OF RAILROAD TRACK
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| THAT TAKES ME BACK.
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| I NEVER THOUGHT MY HEART COULD BE SO YEARNING,
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| WHY DID I DECIDE TO ROAM?
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| GOT TO TAKE THIS SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY,
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| SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY HOME.
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| SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY HOME, LET’S GO NOW,.
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| SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY HOME,
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| SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY HOME,
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| SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY HOME,
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| SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY HOME.
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| MAYBE I’D BETTER GO BY PLANE! |