Louisiana Gold

VERSE 1
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He came from Northern California
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He loved to ride them trains
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He had a hand made beat up leather bag where he kept all his childhood pains
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Left his mama and his daddy, When he was barely 16
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You know he never really followed money, Never really had a dream
CHORUS
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Loved the thought of drifting
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to live by no mans plan
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solitude is freedom, yeah
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The road made him a man
VERSE 2
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From coast to coast across every state, on Pacific Illinois
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He saw every town he every town dreamt about since he was a little boy
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He ended up down in New Orleans working on a folsom farm
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He took LSD and danced all night, you know he met a woman that made him calm
CHORUS
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Loved the thought of drifting
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to live by no mans plan
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solitude is freedom, yeah
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The road made him a man
VERSE 3
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Somewhere deep inside of him changed when he saw her face
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yeah he felt like she knew him well from another time and place
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you know they woke up with the sun one day and their travelin' days were done
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settled down in a shotgun house, down on bayou St. John
CHORUS
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Loved the thought of drifting
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To live by no mans land
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Solitude is freedom, yeah
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The road made him a man
**Instrumental Break**
OUTRO
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Ride that river on to Mississippi soul (X3)
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And if you wind that river long enough you get Louisiana gold
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you get Louisiana gold (x3)