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Artist: Blackberry Smoke
Canonical path: /blackberry-smoke/the-whippoorwill
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The Whippoorwill
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The Whippoorwill
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Going through life, the righteous way
The only way so the preacher would say
You put me on the Jericho road
Barefoot and smiling, standing there by the piano
Well, I dreamed I heard that whippoorwill sing
Yeah she sang my song and called me by name
Well, I hung my head in shame, oh, yeah
You sold my years together like a pachtwork quilt
Your bougainvillea's bloom it'll never wilt
The lessons I remember and some that I forgot
Are precious and pure now, like the one honeysuckle drop
Well, I dreamed I heard that whippoorwill sing
Yeah she sang my song and called me by name
Well, I hung my head in shame, oh, yeah
Lord above
I'm gonna sing my song with the whippoorwill
In a sweet high harmony
Though I know just what went with her
She's always here with me
Always here with me
Well, I dreamed I heard that whippoorwill sing
Yeah she sang my song and called me by name
Well, I dreamed I heard that whippoorwill sing
Yeah she sang my song and called me by name, oh
Starting all over again
Yes I'm starting all over again
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