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Artist: Iris DeMent
Canonical path: /iris-dement/january-friend
Related lyric paths: 6
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January Friend
Read January Friend lyrics by Iris DeMent on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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January Friend
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Reach
For higher ground
About the way you look
The way you scream out loud
Mine
Just like the last time
It's all the same to me
She said
Chorus:
Let's pretend
My January friend
I'm wanting you again
I wanna touch ya
Every single heart that beats pretend
My January friend
I'm wanting you again
I wanna touch ya
Every single heart that beats
Cry
Don't cry out loud
You've gotta bear your cross
But never dream too loud
And you're tied
Tied to the next time
You realize
Your crimes
Chorus
Time stood still
Monday mornin' yeah
Showed me what I had to see
It's not the way I thought it should be
Oh yeah
You're my January friend
You're my January friend
You're my January friend
And every heart that beats pretend
Oh January friend
You're my January friend
You're my January friend
You're my January friend
And every heart that beats tonight's
Pretend
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Iris DeMent performs "January Friend", and this lyric page sits inside the Iris DeMent catalog on LyroVerse.
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