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I know this dress |
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I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret |
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I have tried concealing |
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When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealing |
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The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow o'er the fields of clover |
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And the time is running out for me |
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I wish that he would hurry down from |
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DoverHe's been gone so long when he left the show was deep upon the ground |
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And I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the leaves are turning brown |
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And any time a tiny face will show itself 'cause waiting's almost over |
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But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry down from |
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DoverMy folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the home place |
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My daddy if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face |
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My mamma said |
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I was a fool and she did not believe it when |
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I told her |
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That everything would be all right 'cause soon he would be coming down from |
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DoverI loved him more than anything and |
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I could not refuse him when he needed me |
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He was the only one |
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I'd loved and |
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I just can't believe that he was using me |
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He couldn't leave me here like this |
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I know it can't be so it can't be over |
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He wouldn't make me go through this so long, oh he'll be coming down from |
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DoverMy body aches the time is here it's lonely in this place where |
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I'm lyin'Out baby has been born but something's wrong it's much too still |
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I hear no cryin' |
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I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a father's arms to hold her |
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And dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming down from |
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Dover |