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You were dead when they found you |
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On the floor of your apartment |
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You were dead, and your drum set stood there |
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Shining in the dark |
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Shining like stage lights |
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Shining like your eyes |
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Shining like Orion in the night |
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You were small time back in Austin |
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Where the drummers are all poor |
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You were rocking out this dive bar |
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There were bottles on the floor |
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And a couple lonely people |
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And the bartender and I |
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Remembered what it is to be alive |
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Hey Orion he's falling |
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Catch him if you can |
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Hey Orion he's calling |
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Amen, amen, amen |
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Were you dreaming of the big time |
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When you fell down all alone |
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Could you see the velvet curtain |
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And the silver microphone |
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Could you hear your own heart beating |
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Did you hear it getting slow |
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Could you hear your own heart playing rock and roll |
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Hey Orion he's falling |
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And you catch him if you can |
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Hey Orion he's calling |
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Amen, amen, amen |
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Gram Parsons in a hotel |
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Buddy Holly on a plane |
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And you in your apartment |
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With your drum set shining |
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Shining like stage lights |
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Shining like your eyes |
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Shining like Orion in the night |
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Hey Orion he's falling |
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And you catch him if you can |
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Hey Orion he's calling |
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Amen, amen |
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Hey Orion now he's falling |
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And you catch him if you can |
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Hey Orion he's calling |
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Amen, amen |
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Amen, amen, amen |
