Early Mornin' Rain
Gordon Lightfoot

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In the early mornin' rain, with a dollar in my hand, with an achin' in my heart, ____and my pockets full
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Of sand. I'm a long way from home, _____and I miss my loved ones so, in the early mornin' rain, with no
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Place to go.


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Out on runway number nine, big seven-o-seven set to go, But I'm stuck here in the grass, ____ where the
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Cold wind blows. Now the liquor tasted good,_____ and the women all were fast, well there she goes, my
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Friend, she's rollin' now at last.


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Hear the mighty engines roar, see the silver bird on high, She's away and westward bound, ___ far above
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The clouds she'll fly, Where the mornin' rain don't fall, ____ and the sun always shines, She'll be flying
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Over my home, in about three hours time.


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This old airport's got me down; it's no earthly good to me, 'Cause I?m stuck here on the ground, ___ as
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Cold and drunk as I can be. You can't jump a jet plane, ____ like you can a freight train, so I'd best be
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On my way, in the early mornin' rain. You can't jump a jet plane, ____ like you can a freight train, so I'd
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best be on my way, in the early mornin' rain. __________________



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