Title: Early Mornin' Rain
Artist: Gordon Lightfoot
Genre: Country
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T:Early Mornin' Rain
T:Early Mornin' Rain
T:(composed for Lightfoot's debut album)
T:Gordon Lightfoot
T:Early Morning Music, a division of the EMP, Ltd.
C:Gordon Lightfoot
Z:All Rights Reserved
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w: ||||1.~In the|ear- ly morn- * in'|rain~\_\_|\_\_\_|
w: ||||2.~Out on|run- way num- * ber|nine~\_\_|\_\_\_|
w: ||||3.~Hear the|might- y en- * gines|roar~\_\_|\_\_\_|
w: ||||4.~This old|air- port's got * me|down~\_\_|\_\_\_|
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w: With a|dol- lar in * my|hand,~\_\_\_||With an|ach- in' in my|
w: Big *|sev- en set * to|go,~\_\_\_||But I'm|stuck here on the|
w: See the|sil- ver bird * on|high,~\_\_\_||She's a-|way and west- ward|
w: It's no|earth- ly good * to|me,~\_\_\_||'Cause I'm|stuck here on the|
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w: heart \_\_\_\_\_ *||And my|pock- ets full of|sand, \_\_\_\_\_||
w: grass \_\_\_\_\_ *||Where the|cold- * wind- *|blows, \_\_\_\_\_||
w: bound \_\_\_\_\_\_ *||Far a-|bove the clouds she'll|fly,~ \_\_\_\_\_||
w: ground \_\_\_\_\_\_ *||* and|drunk as I can|be, \_\_\_\_\_~||
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w: I'm a|long way from|home, \_\_\_ *||And I|miss my loved ones|so. \_\_\_~ *|
w: Now the|liquor tast- ed|good, \_\_\_ *||And the|wom- men all were|fast, \_\_\_\_ *|
w: Where the|mornin' rain don't|fall, \_\_\_ *||And the|sun~\_\_\_ * al- ways|shines. \_\_\_\_\_ *|
w: You can't|jump a jet|plane \_\_\_ *||Like you|can~\_\_\_ * a freight|train, \_\_\_\_\_ *|
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w: |In the|ear- ly morn- * in'|rain,~\_\_|\_\_\_\_~|With|no place to|go.~\_\_|
w: |Well- *|there she goes * my|friend,~\_\_|\_\_\_|She's|* now at|last.~\_\_|
w: |She'll be|fly- in' o'er * my|home,~\_\_|\_\_\_||* hours- *|time.~\_\_|
w: |So I'd|best be on * my|way,~\_\_|\_\_\_||* morn- in'|rain.~\_\_|
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