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I came to town to search for gold |
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And I brought with me a memory |
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And I seem to hear the night wind cry |
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Go hang your dreams on the hangin' tree |
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Your dreams of love that could never be |
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(Never be) |
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Hang your faded dreams on the hangin' tree |
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(The hangin' tree) |
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I searched tor gold and I found my gold |
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And I found a girl who loved just me |
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And I wished that I could love her too |
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But I'd left my heart on the hangin' tree |
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I'd left my heart with a memory |
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(A memory) |
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And a faded dream on the hangin' tree |
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(The hangin' tree) |
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Now there were men who craved my gold |
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(Ooh ooh) |
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And meant to take my gold from me |
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(Ooh ooh) |
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When a man is gone he needs no gold |
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So they carried me to the hangin' tree |
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To join my dreams and a memory |
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(A memory) |
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Yes, they carried me to the hangin' tree |
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(The hangin' tree) |
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To really live you must almost die |
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(What do I) |
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And it happened just that way with me |
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(What do I) |
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They took the gold and set me free |
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And I walked away from the hangin' tree |
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I walked away from the hangin' tree |
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(The hangin' tree) |
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And my own true love, she walked with me |
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(Aah aah aah aah) |
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That's when I knew that the hangin' tree |
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Was a tree of life, new life for me |
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(Aah aah, aah aah aah) |
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A tree of hope, new hope for me |
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A tree of love, new love tor me |
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The hangin' tree |
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(The hangin' tree) |
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The hangin' tree |