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This ole house once knew my children |
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This ole house once knew my life |
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This ole house was home and comfort |
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As we lived through storm and strife |
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This ole house once rang with laughter |
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This ole house heard many shouts |
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Now she trembles in the darkness |
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When the lightning walks about |
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Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer |
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Ain't a-gonna need this house no more |
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Ain't got time to fix the shingles |
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Ain't got time to fix the floor |
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Ain't got time to oil the hinges |
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Nor to mend the window panes |
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Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer |
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I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints |
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This ole house is gettin' shaky |
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This ole house is gettin' old |
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This ole house lets in the rain |
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This ole house lets in the cold |
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On my knees |
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I'm gettin' shaky |
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But I feel no fear or pain' |
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Cause I see an angel peekin' |
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Through a broken window pane |
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I ain't a-gonna need this house no longer |
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Ain't a-gonna need this house no more |
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Ain't got time to fix the shingles |
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Ain't got time to fix the floor |
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I ain't got time to oil the hinges |
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Nor to mend the window panes |
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Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer |
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I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints |
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This ole house is afraid of thunder |
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This ole house is afraid of storms |
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This ole house just groans and trembles |
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When the night wind flings its arms |
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This ole house is gettin' feeble |
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This old house is needin' paint |
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Just like me it's tuckered out |
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But I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints |
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Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer |
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Ain't a-gonna need this house no more |
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Ain't got time to fix the shingles |
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Ain't got time to fix the floor |
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I ain't got time to oil the hinges |
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Nor to mend the window panes |
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Ain't gonna need this house no longer |
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I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints |
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I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints |