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JANIE LYNN WAS SEVENTEEN AS I LAST RECALL
I'SE ANOTHER DIRTY COWBOY WORKIN' FOR HER PA
SEEMED THAT THERE WAS MILES BETWEEN
HER AND THIS OLD COWBOY'S DREAM
JANIE OH SOMEDAY OH
NEARLY ALL MY LIFE I CALLED DALLAS HOME
TILL THAT GRAYHOUND ROLLED AROUND AND I KISSED HER GONE
THE RODEO WAS ALL I'D SEEN TO CATCH THE EYE OF JANIE LYNN
GOT HELP ME TO FIND MY STAR
OH DALLAS I'M SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME
LONELY NIGHTS AND EMPTY DAWNS LORD IT'S HARD TO CARRY ON
OH HOW I NEED YOU DALLAS YOU'RE BEYOND THE MOUNTAIN SKY
LIKE A JEWEL TO MY EYES I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
THE NEXT THREE YEARS IT SEEMED I WORKED MY YOUNG LIFE AWAY
RIDING ALL THE PONIES THEY PUT IN MY WAY
THEN ONE DAY IT ROLLED AROUND NEXT STOP WAS OLD DALLAS TOWN
AND JANIE SHE'LL SURE BE THERE
THEN IT CAME UPON THAT RAINY DAY
JANIE'S PA SAID SHE'D UP SHE'D UP AND GONE AWAY
SHE'S BEEN MARRIED OFF A YEAR AT LEAST
SHE'S TAKEN SOME YOUNG MAN BACK EAST
OH JANIE HOW COULD YOU GIRL
OH DALLAS I'M SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME
LONELY NIGHTS AND EMPTY DAWNS LORD IT'S HARD TO CARRY ON
OH HOW I NEED YOU DALLAS YOU'RE BEYOND THE MOUNTAIN SKY
LIKE A JEWEL TO MY EYE I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY

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from A Delicate Balance, released August 20, 2012

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