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You took it in your stride to run away and hide
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Thru all the pain of battle and the breaking of your pride.
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Sweet Billy James's been asking where you've gone.
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It's been so many years now since you've taken off the gun.
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Well, the grass is getting dry and it seems your name they're calling;
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The rain, it hasn't fallen, only tears shed from our eyes.
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They say there isn't rain in the hills of West Virginia,
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But dying isn't in ya but the rhinestone bears your name.
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You're the father of your child but your mind just seems to wander,
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Let no man hold you under while your heart is running wild.
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And I've searched so many towns and I've roamed so many places,
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I've seen so many faces but I've never known your own.
Well, there's gonna be a day when your drinking wine is through now,
And the people close to you now will have you here to stay.
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Home again rivers, home again rivers,
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Come home again rivers, Billyâ??s come home.