The West Was Burning

	  		Intro 
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Verse 1:
 

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 Was the year the west was burning, I was on a mountain sleeping I woke up a-dreaming 
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about you 
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I was walking down a road of dust and bones and ash and following 
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a burning set of tracks that led to you 



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I still see the fire in your stare 
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I still think I coulda burned up there 

Verse 2:

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Out the window there are fields of wheat in Kansas that 
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roll out forever under ever underneath the sun 
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If I could lie there for a moment I could feel your arms around me I 
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could feel the spinning round the spinning sun 


 
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Roll on through the wheat and roll on by 
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Touch of green against a deep September turquoise sky (you and I) 

Bridge 

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Verse 3:

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When all the glory you could somehow shove inside 
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a bottle doesn't seem to fill the empty cup inside your soul 
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And all the winding roads you used to follow never seem to get you halfway where you 
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want to think you need to go 



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Times of trouble, times of grace and ease 
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Mama always said there'd be days like these 

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Verse 4:

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And if wishin' was a-walkin and a-thinkin was a-talkin I'd be walkin', and a-talkin' back to you 
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And if I could be a river winding down a mountain I would twist and curl and turn and tumble down to you 


 
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Tell you stories told by mountains and tall trees 
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Tell you maybe this is one of these 

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Outro 

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Was the year the west was burning, I was on a mountain sleeping I woke up a-dreaming about you