I'm Moving On

Johnny Cash

Tom: A

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That big eight-wheeler rolling down the track
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means your true-loving daddy ain't coming back.
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I'm moving on, I'm moving on,
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you were flying too high, for my little old sky,
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and I'm moving on.

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That big loud whistle as it blew and blew
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said, hello to the southland, we're coming to you.
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Im moving on, oh hear my song,
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you had the laugh on me, now Im setting you free,
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and I'm moving on.

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Mister Fireman won't you please listen to me,
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I got a pretty mama in Tennessee.
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Keep moving on, keep rolling on,
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you gotta shovel the coal, let this rattler roll,
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and keep moving me on.

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Mister Engineer, take that throttle in hand,
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this rattler's the fastest in the southern land,
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to keep moving on, I stayed away too long,

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you gonna ease my mind, and put me there on time,
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and keep moving on.

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I've told you, baby, from time to time,
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you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind.
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I'm moving on, I'm moving on,
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well, you've broken your vow, and it's all over now,
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and I'm moving on.

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You' done switched your engine, now I ain't got time
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for a trifling woman on my main line.
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I'm moving on, done your daddy wrong,
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I warned you twice, now you can settle the price,
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and keep moving on.

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But someday, baby, when you've had your play,
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you'll want your daddy, but your daddy will say :
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Keep moving on, you stayed away too long,
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I'm through with you, too bad you're blue,
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keep moving on.