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Artist: Lightnin' Hopkins
Canonical path: /lightnin-hopkins/long-way-from-texas
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Long Way From Texas
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Long Way From Texas
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I come all the way from Texas just to shake glad hands with you
I come all the way from Texas just to shake glad hands with you
Yes, but when I seed in your smiling face I didn't know just what to do
I ought to been knowing these things for a great long time
I ought to been knowing these things for a great long time
You know it take me for quite awhile 'fore I made it up in my mind
(Spoken: Got to play it a minute)
I'm gonna tell all my friends just as soon as I go back home
I'm gonna tell all my friends just as soon as I go back home
Know they all gonna get on and wonder what is I been waiting on
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