Leaving For The Flatlands

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[Verse 1]
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  Sweetly flows the water from the mountain
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  Softly falls the rain upon the leaves
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  Gently blows the breeze among the cedars
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Quietly my heart is on its knees

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  How could anything in all creation
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  Be more beautiful than all I see
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With it all my heart is not rejoicing
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Because the one I love is not with me


[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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  Somewhere in between us was a difference
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  Not we or all this beauty could secure
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And I know now my heart will ache forever
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And I wonder if this mountain can endure


[Chorus]
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So I'm leavin' for the flatlands
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Goin' back - where I was conceived
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Goin' back - where nobody knows the difference
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This mountain knows too much - about me


[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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  I thought it was written - up in heaven
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That you would be with me and I with you
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Sun and moon and stars must feel the difference
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They're wishin' there was somethin' they could do


[Chorus]
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So I'm leavin' for the flatlands
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Goin' back - where I was conceived
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Goin' back - where nobody knows the difference
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This mountain knows too much - about me


[Outro]
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This mountain knows too much - about me
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