Orphan Of The Road

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                            From a carnie show…

                              The  black sheep...

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From a carnie show and a rodeo
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That shared a three day stand
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A cowboy met a firey carnie queen
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In new spring nights amid the lights
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Of the painted carnie van
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They laughed and loved and shared short lived dreams
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But the carnie show and the rodeo
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Went their separate ways
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And the carnie season bloomed and soon moved on
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And I was born on a winter morn
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To the dark eyed carni queen
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The too late son of something that was gone
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The black sheep child that grew up wild
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From the seed the four winds sowed
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Unwanted son of ice and fire
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An orphan of the road
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I was still a child when my momma died
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From a chill that closed her eyes
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So I was left to grow up on my own
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Without a name too wild to tame
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No one cared to try
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So mostly I was mostly left alone
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In dingy bars and cold box cars
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Hobo jungle camps
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I joined the men who drift from town to town
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The surging flood of restless blood
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Flowed inside my veins
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I’d never find the time to settle down
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The black sheep child that grew up wild
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From the seed the four winds sowed
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Unwanted son of ice and fire
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An orphan of the road
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In the misty rain I caught the train
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That slowed down through the town
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And I pulled myself into the box car door
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In a passing light in the deep grey night
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I saw a still dark form
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Of an old man lying sick upon the floor
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And he said I tried to find her
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But they told me she had died
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And that she’d left an only son behind
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And I tried to find him but I never did
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And I know I could rest in peace
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If I could just see him once before I died
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I found a match and I quickly scratched it
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Into flickering flame
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Then I held it close and I gently raised his head
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My mother sir I said of her
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I have her same dark eyes
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He smiled a cowboy smile and then was dead
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The black sheep child that grew up wild
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From the seed the four winds sowed
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Unwanted son of ic and fire
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An orphan of the road