If today was not an endless highway
If tonight was not a crooked trail
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all

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Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin'
And if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Only if she was lyin' by me
Then I'd lie in my bed once again

I can't see my reflection in the waters
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain
And I can't hear the echo of my footsteps
Or can't remember the sound of my own name

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There's a beauty in the silver singin' river
There's a beauty in the sunrise in the sky
But none of these if nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember in my own true love's eyes

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