Folk Lyrics in a Dangerous Time
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![I'd like to climb up a hill with you
Stand on top and admire the view
I'd like to roll down a hill with you
Would you like to do it too, May?
Now would you like to do it too?
You and I, country dreamer
When there's nothing else to do
Me oh my, country dreamer
Make a country dream come true
Paul McCartney & Wings
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![On a hill, we lay in the sun
At the foot of a statue
Of old battles lost, battles won
I remember your voice and your clothes
A well-chosen passage of words
From a book I don't know
Oh me, oh my, oh man
What have I become?
Running around writing letters
I'll never send home
The Staves
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![In dearth or in excess
Both the slave and the empress
Will return to the dirt, I guess
Naked as when they came
I wonder if I'll see
Any faces above me
Or just cracks in the ceiling
Nobody else to blame
Oh man, what I used to be
Oh man, oh my, oh me
Fleet Foxes
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![And you shall take me strongly
In your arms again
And I will not remember
That I ever felt the pain
We shall walk and talk
In gardens all misty wet
All misty wet with rain down
And I will never, never, never
Grow so old again
Oh, this sweet thing
Oh, you sweet thing, you sweet thing
My, my, my, my, my...
Van Morrison
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![You're a fighter, a freedom hunter
You cry, cry cry
You fight so long, you hardly remember
Why, why, why
But she's a reason to believe
And you try, try, try
She's the love that has set you free
She's alive, alive, alive
Oh, oh, oh
My, my, my
Oh, oh, oh
Don't forget your heart
Awna Teixeira
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![With a ladylike devotion
She sails the bitter ocean
If it wasn't for lovesick sailors
There'd be nothin' left but flotsam
Singin' why, me oh my
Is there a better man than I?
I hope you find your way back home
Before you're lyin' high and dry
I hope you find your way back home
Before you die
Gordon Lightfoot
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![Well, the love of a woman
Is bitter but sweet
Even though she turns him down
The price I have to pay
May come to you some day
And you'll in the sea of sorrow drown...
Well, they say I have a right
To my very last few words
Before they let the scaffold down
A man has to fight
For what he thinks is right
Even if it puts him in the ground...
Now it's gonna put me in the ground
Lord, lordy me, and it's lord, lordy my
Oh honey, you led me to the wrong
Ola Belle Reed
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![He likes them big
Oh, he likes them sassy
He loves them
Like a dog loves a bone
Sadly for me
He doesn't like them classy
Now my big broken heart
Has me crying on my own
Oh, my oh my, my oh my
That's how you make a big girl sigh
Oh, my oh my, my oh my
That's how you make a big man cry
Eliza Carthy
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![Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
I went to the doctor, knocked at his door
And he said, "Girl, what can I do you for?"
And I said, "Doctor, for a start
The man I love has done and broke my heart"
And he checked my pulse, and fever too
And he said, "Girl, there's nothing I can do
You are lovesick, and there ain't no cure
I fear the devil's knocking at your door"
Jill Barber
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![Oh me, oh my
Where you going without me?
You found me all around
Up the country and way downtown, uh-huh
One day we vowed 'til the end
Together forever, weave and bend, uh-huh
Close your eyes and feel the wind
This time I won't feel the wind
Remember my long brown hair
And the way I loved you everywhere
Abigail Washburn & Béla Fleck
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![There are concrete mountains
In the city
And pretty city women
Live inside them
And yet it seems
The city scene is lacking
I'm so glad you're waiting for me
In the country
Oh you're my, yes, you're my Delta Lady
I said, you're my, me oh my, my Delta Lady
By Leon Russell
As performed by Joe Cocker
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![Listen to the fiddler play
When he's playin'
'Til the break of day
Oh me, oh my
Love that country pie
Raspberry, strawberry
Lemon and lime
What do I care?
Blueberry, apple, cherry
Pumpkin and plum
Call me for dinner, honey
I'll be there
Bob Dylan
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![Oh, my, my
I saw five butterflies
Out the window
Bathin' in light
Like it's their first time alive
Them five butterflies were dancin'
Like wind chimes
By our window
That light was pourin' inside
And that's when I realized
Oh girl, it won't be long
AHI
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![But oh my my, oh I guess
That she did her time, now she's laid to rest
There's a campfire inside her soul
Still billows
Lay your head on my pillow
There's a fire inside you
And that's why you billow
Stay calm, stay calm
And give me your palm
A song, a song for you
Kevin Morby feat. Katie Crutchfield
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![Making my fortune
Staking out my claim
No way I'll carry any shame
Bless my soul, yes, I know my name
My, my, my
Out of this sorrow
Enough of this war
No place to go but up, they say
My, my, it's a come-up day
My, my, my
Elyse Weinberg
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![And I walked off you
And I walked off an old me
Oh me, oh my
I thought it was a dream
So it seemed
And now, breathe deep
I'm inhaling
You and I, there's air in between
Leave me be
I'm exhaling
You and I, there's air in between
Maggie Rogers
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![Wearing my heart on my sleeve
Picturing it breaking as you leave
You came along and swept me away
I can only hope you won't lead me astray
Oh me, oh my
Oh, have mercy
While I was asleep
You turned and walked away
It was only a dream
But now I fear you won't stay
Darling West
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![Tell me just one little secret
I promise not to tell
I promise to keep it
Tell me, were you there, did you feel it?
You were walking on the moon
I was trying to reach it
Oh, my, my
Something's gonna happen
Oh, something soon
'Cause you can't be high all the time
You can't be right all the time
The Small Glories
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![Oh, me oh, my oh
Look at Miss Ohio
She's a-runnin' around
With her ragtop down
She says, "I wanna do right
But not right now"
Gonna drive to Atlanta
And live out this fantasy
Runnin' around
With the ragtop down
Yeah, I wanna do right
But not right now
Gillian Welch
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![You were born deep in the holler
Even when you leave
It follows
Sister, I can't see you no more
Only in my dreams do I find you
Walking with the moon
Through the night wood
Sister, I can't see you no more
My, oh, my
Come lay your flowers
On the ground
Adia Victoria feat. Stone Jack Jones
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![There's a silence
Where there was none
Rest easy now
You work is done
The ones that will follow
They bring you with them
We can hear your voice
If we just listen
When the sun goes down
There's still the light of the moon
And I will remember you
Celeigh Cardinal
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![L’histoire est en écriture
On démonte les clôtures
On se tourne vers le soleil
Et le futur
L’histoire s’écrit au présent
Ne perdons plus un moment
Tout ce qu’on crée on le donne
Andrina Turenne
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