Marty Robbins - The Dreamer lyrics

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When I was a young man beginnin' my teens<br />

How well I remember the lickin's I'd get cause I'd dream<br />

My work never finished, barely begun<br />

I couldn't get started till all of my dreamin' was done<br />

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I wouldn't shuck cotton', I wouldn't chop wood<br />

And Pa would whip me and say that's for bein' no good<br />

But I kept chasin' rainbows, finally I found<br />

The great open range and the hills were my best dreamin' ground<br />

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When I left the home place our Mother did cry<br />

She begged me to stay there and not say goodbye<br />

My Pa told my Mother, your tears are in vain<br />

Your son is a dreamer and the winds call his name<br />

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So don't try to stop him, let him move on<br />

'Cause he won't stop his driftin'<br />

Till all of his dreamin' is gone<br />

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Last night in a campfire a face I did see<br />

A vision of Mother, she seemed to be callin' to me<br />

For seventeen years now, I've drifted alone<br />

But I wanna see Mother, tomorrow I start driftin' home<br />

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The last hill I've climbed now, and what do I see<br />

An old run down shack where the ranch used to be<br />

Then I see a tombstone and then see one more<br />

I drifted too long from the old ranch house door<br />

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There's nothin' more left now but driftin', it seems<br />

But I hope I can dream of the lickin's I'd get<br />

'Cause I'd dream