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My old man he works five hours
C G
when most folk open their eyes
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His knees are givin' out
C G
But he says sweats how, he survives
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My mama worked at a nursing home
C G
She told me what they say
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As they died they whispered
C G
Not to give one day away
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My grandpa was a mason
C G
He laid brick till his hat was hung
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He told me two cicadas sang him songs
D G
When he was wild and young
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All these years that hurry by
C G
Keep taking too damn long
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Soon enough you'll hear the sound
C G
Of sound of cicadas singin' their song
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Singin' oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, oooooh
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Often times I think of them like a choir from back home
D Am C G
Distance has an awful way to make a boy feel alonе
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I'll send him letters and stamp thеm twice
C G
To make sure that they send
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You send me sounds of that old place
C G
And the cicadas in the wind
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Singin oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, oooooh
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Me and all my buddies ran those hills till they turn black
D Am C G
Remembering Randal"s smile and then a baseball cap
D Am
We lost him with his front-end
C G
wrapped around a tree
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Not a day goes by that I don't wish that boy was me
D Am C G
Singin oooooh, oooooh
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Singin oooooh, oooooh
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Those cicadas singin as we all bring our sorry asses home
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The middle of the spring as the moonlight rings
C G
Youll never be alone
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Those cicadas singin as we all bring our sorry asses home
D Am
In the middle of the spring as the moonlight rings
C G
Youll never be alone
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Singin oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, oooooh