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Artist: John Moreland
Canonical path: /john-moreland/cherokee
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Cherokee
Read Cherokee lyrics by John Moreland on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Cherokee
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I guess I got a taste for poison
I've given up on ever being well
I keep minding the horizon
Digging for lies I have yet to tell
And I wish you were here
And softly say my name
Calm down all the chemicals tearing through my brain
I don't think I've missed you this much
Since I was seventeen
I'd call you in the morning, but I think this is a dream
Cherokee
Cherokee
Well you'd call those doubts right out of me
I see you shining through the tree tops
But don't feel you pulling strings anymore
I still use your old alarm clock
Every morning I get further off the course
And don't I hear you speaking in the noises in this house
Airplanes flying over, shaking all my secrets out
Darling tell me something that I don't already know
I'm aware of where to find ya it hurts too bad to go
To Cherokee
Cherokee
Well, you call those doubts right out of me
It felt like the world was burning
You had stars in your eyes
Shining for a feeling that I can't afford to buy
Everything you taught me still rattles in my head
I'm staying off of Main Street
You're talking to the dead
In Cherokee
Cherokee
I wish you'd call these doubts right out of me
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