| I was born in a flood tears
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| My parents much too late in years
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| And the last of the cold was mine one day
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| But they left me in a forgotten place
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| My daddy was once a good boy, but he got lost in the dust
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| Ain’t no roses on my grave
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| Put me in the cold cold ground
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| Meet me in the morning
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| And watch as the winter rain is falling
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| Ain’t no roses on my grave
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| Put me in the cold cold ground
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| Meet me in the morning
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| And watch as the winter rain is falling… down
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| I was born on a flooded plain
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| From a rusted shack to the world I came
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| And the water rose and the water veined
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| I spread my wings, my eyes a blaze
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| My daddy was once a good boy, but he got lost in the dust
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| Ain’t no roses on my grave
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| Put me in the cold cold ground
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| Meet me in the morning
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| And watch as the winter rain is falling…
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| Ain’t no roses on my grave
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| Put me in the cold cold ground
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| Meet me in the morning
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| And watch as the winter rain is falling…
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| Hold me down, hold me down
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| Beat me in the morning waves
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| So all my sins have all been washed away
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| Hold me down, hold me down
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| Beat me in the morning waves
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| So all my sins have all been washed away
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| I went down to the river to wash my sins away
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| But no water in that river and my tears fell down like rain
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| Now the waters rising up above a shack on the dirty plain
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| My family on the roof top, Lord, I can almost hear them sing
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| Ain’t no roses on my grave
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| Put me in the cold cold ground
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| Meet me in the morning
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| And watch as the winter rain is falling…
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| Ain’t no roses on my grave
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| Put me in the cold cold ground
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| Meet me in the morning
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| And watch as the winter rain is falling…
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| (Down to the river to wash my sins away)
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| Hold me down, hold me down
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| Beat my head under the waves
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| So all my sins have all been washed away
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| Hold me down, hold me down
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| Down beneath the deepest grave
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| Let that rain wash my sins away
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| Beat me in the morning waves
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| So all my sins have been washed away
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| Keep my head under the water
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| So all my sins have been washed away
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| Beat me in the morning waves
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| So all my sins have been washed away
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| Keep my head under the water
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| So all my sins have been washed away
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| (Down to the river to wash my sins away)
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| Down beneath the deepest grave
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| Let the rain wash my sins away
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| I was born in a flood of tears
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| My parents much too late in years
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| My daddy was once a good boy but he got lost in the dust |