Smoky Mountain Memories歌词

[00:03.30]You ought to go north somebody told us
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[00:07.92]'Cause the air is filled with gold dust
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[00:12.19]And fortune falls like snow flakes in your hands
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[00:19.59]Now I don't recall who said it
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[00:23.81]But we'd lived so long on credit
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[00:28.01]So we headed out to find our promised land
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[00:35.52]Just poor Smoky Mountains farm folk
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[00:40.25]With nothing more than high hopes
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[00:44.03]As we hitched our station wagon to a star
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[00:51.49]But our dreams all fell in on us
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[00:55.90]'Cause there was no land of promise
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[01:00.15]Though it's a stuggle keepin' sight of who you are
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[01:07.36]Oh and these northern nights are dreary
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[01:12.05]And my southern heart is weary
[01:15.87]As I wonder how the old folks are back home
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[01:23.51]But I know that they all love me
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[01:27.77]And they're all the thinking of me
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[01:32.89]The Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong
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[01:39.38]You know I've been thinkin' a whole lot lately
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[01:43.82]About what's been and what awaits me
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[01:47.97]It takes all I've got to give what life demands
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[01:55.22]You go insane if you give in to it
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[01:59.86]Life's a mill and I've been through it
[02:03.29]I'm just thankful I'm creative with my hands
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[02:11.41]Oh and these northern nights they're dreary
[02:15.93]And my southern eyes are teary
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[02:19.89]As I wonder how the old folks are back home
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[02:27.15]But I'll keep leanin' on my Jesus
[02:31.78]He'll love and guide and lead us
[02:36.83]The Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong
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[02:43.45]I'll keep looking to the father
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[02:47.71]Keep our heads above the water
[02:53.96]The Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong