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Artist: Chris Whitley
Canonical path: /chris-whitley/wild-country
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Wild Country
Read Wild Country lyrics by Chris Whitley on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Wild Country
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Breaking rocks all day on the avenue
its hard to unearth anything thats true
soon I am gonna loose these rags and run
Returning to the wild where I'm from
There's miles of stone, jack hammer in my hand
There's compromises, I cant comprehend
soon I am gonna drop this jack and run
Returning to the wild where I'm from
Returning to the wild where I'm from
Between the bricks you'll hear the children play
Their calaces get harder day by day
Between the cracks you'll notice where I've gone
Returning to the wild, where I belong
Soon I am gonna loose these rags and run
Returning to the wild, where I'm from
Returning to the wild, where I'm from
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Chris Whitley performs "Wild Country", and this lyric page sits inside the Chris Whitley catalog on LyroVerse.
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