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Artist: Josh Ritter
Canonical path: /josh-ritter/the-appleblossom-rag
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The Appleblossom Rag
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The Appleblossom Rag
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Where's the queen of my parade?
She ain't coming back
Only thing she left me is this
Appleblossom rag
Oh, the appleblossom rag
Oh, such sweet refrain
And underneath the chords the thorns
That cause such awful pain
This new gang's the gang for me
Always on the town
Oh, the stories I could tell
If I felt like it now
This new gang's the gang for me
I know all of their names
And they know mine and then they don't
They love me just the same
Oh, the appleblossom rag
Oh, for such a knife
That from my blood could love unbraid
Without taking my life
This new girl's the girl for me
Best girl that I know
Never asks me where I've been
Or when I'm coming home
This new girl's got a real fork tongue
I love the way she lies
False young painted devil
But I know so it's alright
Oh, the appleblossom rag
Lord I'm such a fool
For things that seem so sweet and sad
And are so goddamn cruel
Oh, the appleblossom rag
Lord I'm such a fool
For things that seem so sweet and sad
And are so goddamn cruel
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