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When I was a young man in Sweetwater Texas
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Just one thing stayed on my mind
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To ride a white horse over Durango mountain
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And leave Sweetwater Texas behind
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But I turned twenty one there in Sweetwater Texas
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Just one thing made me stay there
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I wanted to leave, but I was in love
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The girl with the chestnut brown hair
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And there came a time,
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when she said shed be mine
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And go any place any time
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So we rode a grey dog over Durango mountain
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And left Sweetwater Texas behind
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It was thundering and lightning when we left Nolan County
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The bus rolled along through the night
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And old 36 was a magic black demon
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leading towards the citys bright lights
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we pulled into Houston at ten in the morning
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our hopes were as high as the sky
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but hopes turn to weeks, then years, then forever
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I never knew how fast time goes by
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And cowboys sellin cars
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And country girls in bars
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Somehow just don’t seem fair
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And I wanted to die cause I knew I was loosing
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The girl with the chestnut brown hair
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So many times I said
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Id rather be dead
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Than take downs to go to bed
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And ups to clear my head
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But If the good lord sees his way
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To let me live one more day
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Im so tired of being alone
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Gonna ride a white horse over Durango mountain
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And make Sweetwater Texas my home.
