Verse 1: 
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It's midnight at a liquor store in Texas. 
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Beneath the neon, close up's just begun.  
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When a boy walks in the door and points a pistol. 
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He can't find a job, but man, he's found a gun. 
 
Verse 2: 
F                                           Bb
But a change of heart before there's confrontation. 
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Let's the old man live and run out in the street. 
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But he knows that soon they'll come with guns a blazing. 
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And already he can feel a great relief. 
                                                       

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F                         Bb
Oh how many travlers get weary, 
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Bearing both their burdens and their scars, 
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Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining, 
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and fly like eagles out among the stars.
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Verse 3:  
F                              Bb
He pictures the arrival of the cruisers. 
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Sees that old familiar anger in their eyes. 
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He knows that when they're shooting at this loser, 
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They'll be aiming at the deamons in their lives. 
                                                       

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F                         Bb
Oh how many travlers get weary, 
F                                     C7
Bearing both their burdens and their scars, 
F                                      Bb                G
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining, 
    F               C7             F
and fly like eagles out among the stars.
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Verse 4: 
F                                    Bb
The evening news it carries all the details. 
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He dies in every living room in town. 
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And in his home a bottle's thrown in anger. 
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And his father cries, "We'll never live this down." 
 

Chorus -------------
F                         Bb
Oh how many travlers get weary, 
F                                     C7
Bearing both their burdens and their scars, 
F                                      Bb        G
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining, 
    F               C7             F
and fly like eagles out among the stars.
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Oh-Oh, and fly like eagles out among the stars.