Mother Maple

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[Verse 1]

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Long before I knew you I was 
tumbling back home
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I was just pushing down the pavement
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I was turning into stone
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And you run, and you run, and you 
run, and you run got to pick up your
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 knees


[Verse 2]

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As long as she don't kill us we'll 
be stronger in the end

And every boy out there on Bogle 
Street is dying to get in
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And you run, and you run, and you 
run, and you run got to pick up your
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 knees
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And you run, and you run, and you 
run, and you run got to pick up your
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 knees


[Verse 3]

Continúa después del anuncio
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She gave me room to amble, with 
brier and bramble

And the old red door was always open
 to the angels and the devils
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And nobody was young when they 
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heard her mouth when she told us 
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everything we never knew
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It was the song of the grande madame


[Chorus]

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Mother Maple I drink from your syrup
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And I am thankful for the blood that
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 you bleed
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We're in the sugar shack making our
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 porridge
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And you have given us more than we 
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need
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And I see more and more how you 
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suffer, and not for nothing
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But you can't often get the air 
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that you need
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When your roots leave the earth I 
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will stay and get my honey from the
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 trees

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[Verse 4]

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Laughter in the cottage house, could
 last for hours long

When we heard the last gasp we all 
gave up our mother's song
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And you run, and you run, and you 
run, and you run, and you run


[Chorus]

         Am                       F
Mother Maple I drink from your syrup
           C                       
And I am thankful for the blood 
        G
that you bleed
             Am                    
We're in the sugar shack making our
  F
 porridge
               C                   
And you have given us more than we 
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need
           F                   
And I see more and more how you 
   C
suffer, and not for nothing
                 C                 
But you can't often get the air 
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that you need
            F                    
When your roots leave the earth I 
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will stay and get my honey from the
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 trees