Rock Salt And Nails

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By the banks of the river
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Where the willows hang down
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And the wild birds all warble___
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With their high, lonesome sound
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Down in some hollow___
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Where the waters run cold
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It was there I first listened
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To the lies that you told


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If the young men were blackbirds
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The young men were thrushes
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I would lay by the hours___
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In the cold rainy marshes
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If the young men were squirrels
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With high bushy tails
               C         G
I'd fill up my shotgun
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With rock salt and nails


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Now I lie in my bed_____
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And I see your sweet face
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The past I remember___
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Time cannot erase
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The letters you wrote me__
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Were written in shame
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And I know that your conscience
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Echoes my name


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Lord, I lie here each night
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All alone and I weep
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Nothing ain't worse
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Than a night without sleep
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I walk out alone___
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Under the sky
             C      G
Too empty to sing
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Too lonesome to cry


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If the ladies were blackbirds____
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And the young men were thrushes
                  Bm    G
I'd lie there for hours___

                  D        G  D
In the cold rainy marshes
                   Bm     G
If the ladies were squirrels
                D      G  D
With high bushy tails
               C        G
I'd fill up my shotgun___
                   D     G  D
With rock salt and nails
               C        G
I'd fill up my shotgun___
                   D     G  D
With rock salt and nails

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