Outside The Nashville City Limits
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OutsGide the Nashville city limits a fEmriend and I did drive
OGn a day in early winter I was gEmlad to be alive
We wCent to see some fDriends of his who lGived upon a fEmarm
SCtrange and gentle cDountry folk who wGished nobody hEmarm
FCresh-cut sixty aDcres eCight cows in the bDarn
But the tEmhing that I remBmember on that cCold day in DecBmember
Was that my eCyes they did brim oDver as we tGalked.
In tGhe slowest drawl I had ever heaEmrd the man said "Come with me
IGf y'all wanna see the prettieEmst place in all of Tennessee."
He pCoured us each Da glass of wine Gand a-walkEming we did go
AClong fallen leavDes and cracklinGg ice wherEme a tiny brook did flow
HCe knew every DinchC of the land aDnd Lord he loved it so
But the tEmhing that I Bmremember on Cthat cold dBmay in December
Was that my eCyes were brimminDg over aGs we walked.
He sGet me down upon a stone besideEm a running spring
HGe talked in a voice so soft aEmnd clear like the waters I heard sing
He sCaid "We searchDed quite a time Gfor a placEme to call our own
TChere was just meD and Mary JohnG and now I Emguess we're home."
IC looked at thDe grCound and wondeDred how many years they each had roamed
And Lord EmI do remembBmer on that daCy in late DBmecember
How my eyes kCept brimming ovDer as we Gtalked
As we wAalked.
And sAtanding there with outstretched arms he sF#maid to me "You know
IA can't wait till the heavy storms cF#mover the ground with snow
And tDhere on the pond the wEatercress is aAll that don't turn wF#mhite
When the sDun is high you sEquint your eyes and lAook at the hills so bF#mright."
And noDdding his head mEy friend said "It sDeems like overnEight
That the lF#meaves come out so tDbmender at the tDurning of the wDbminter"
I thought the sDkies they would brim oEver as we taAlked.