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Artist: Steve Earle
Canonical path: /steve-earle/over-yonder-jonathan-s-song
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Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)
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Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)
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The warden said he'd mail my letter
The chaplain's waitin' by the door
Tonight we'll cross the yard together
Then they can't hurt me anymore
I am going over yonder
Where no ghost can follow me
There's another place beyond here
Where I'll be free I believe
Give my radio to Johnson
Thibodeaux can have my fan
Send my Bible home to Mama
Call her every now and then
I suppose I got it comin'
I can't ever pay enough
All my rippin' and a runnin'
I hurt everyone I loved
The world'll turn around without me
The sun'll come up in the east
Shinin' down on all of them that hate me
I hope my goin' brings 'em peace
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Steve Earle performs "Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)", and this lyric page sits inside the Steve Earle catalog on LyroVerse.
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