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| I re | member when I was a lad, times were | hard and things were | bad. |
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| But theres a | silver linin behind every | cloud |
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| Just poor | people thats all we were tryin to make a | livin out of |
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| blackland | Earth |
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| But wed get | together in a family | circle singin | loud |
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| Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor |
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| Me and little | brother would join right in | ther |
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| Singin seems to help a troubled | soul |
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| One of these | days and it wont be long |
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| Ill re | join them in a | song |
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| Im gonna join the family | circle at the | throne |
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| No the | cirCle wont be | broken by and | by lord by and | by |
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| Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor |
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| Me and little | brother would join right in | there |
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| In the | sky Lord | in the | sky |
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| VERSE 2 |
| Now I remember after work mama would call in all of us |
| You could hear us singin for a country mile |
| Now little brother has done gone on |
| But Ill rejoin him in a song |
| Well be together again up yonder in a little while |
| CHORUS |
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| In the sky Lord in the sky |