The Ballad Of Barbara
Key: AEnglish
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AIn a southern town where I was born
AThat's where I Egot my Aeducation
I Aworked in the fields and I walked in the woods
AAnd I wondered Eat Acreation
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I Arecall the sun in a sky of blue
AAnd the smell of Egreen things Agrowin'
AAnd I lived everyday and I lived anyway
AAnyway the Ewind was Ablowin'
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ABut then I heard of a cultured city life
ABreath-takin' Elofty Asteeples
AAnd the day I called myself a man
I Aleft my Eland and my Apeople
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DAnd I rambled North and I rambled East
DAnd I tested Aand I Dtasted
DAnd a girl or two took me round and round
DBut always Aleft me Dwasted
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DIn a world that saw concrete and steel
DWith nothin' Agreen ever Dgrowin'
DWhere the buildings hide the rising sun
DAnd stop the Afree wind from Dblowin'
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DWhere they sleep all day and they wake all night
DTo a world of Adrink and Dlaughter
I Dmet that girl that I thought would be
DThe one that I Awas Dafter
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AIn a soft blue gown and a formal tux
ABeneath that Elofty Asteeple
AHe said do you Barbra take this man
AWill you be one Eof his Apeople
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AAnd she said I will and she said I do
AAnd the world looked Emighty Apretty
AAnd we lived in a fancy downtown flat
ACause she loved the Enoisy Acity
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AThen the days grew cold beneath the yellow sky
AAnd I longed for Egreen Athings growin'
AAnd I talked of home and my people there
ABut she'd not Eagree to Agoin'
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EThen her hazel eyes turned away from me
EWith a look that Bwasn't very Epretty
EAnd she turned into concrete and steel
EAnd she said I Btake the Ecity
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ANow the cars go by on the interstate
AAnd my pack is Eon my Ashoulder
AAnd I'm goin' home where I belong
AMuch wiser Enow and Aolder