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(Bachman/Cummings/Matheson) |
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Sidemen come out first |
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John Stockfish base guitar |
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Looks at the world through the eyes of |
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Nashville, |
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The Riverboat and |
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Charlie Mc |
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Coy He's just a boy |
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The lead guitarist |
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Red Shea who's really come a long, long way since rythym rocker jingle jangle |
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And go Red! |
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And Lightfoot |
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Edwardian, suddenly striped |
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His hair blondish and poetic |
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He is less than vinyl perfect |
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His foot is a precise anchor for the husk and vibrance of his voice |
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He is the image of |
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Alberta The side street near |
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Chicago The grim beauty of |
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Toronto He is an artist |
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He is an artist |
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He is an artist painting sistine masterpieces of pine and fur and backwoods |
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Still echos long ago the winter night of black july and then the outcome |
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Of an early cleveland rainfall |
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I sit softly among the rest waiting there for him to paint his pictures |
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And as the go-go girl went round and our heads were in a spin |
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I thought about |
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The Crossroads, |
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In the Early |
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Morning Rain and |
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Rosanna I'm not saying that |
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I'm sory I'm just telling you this story |
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And when Lightfoot's magic calls |
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You can write it on your walls ' |
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Cause that's what walls are for |
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He is an artist. |
