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 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 knees
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And you run, and you run, and you run, and you run got to pick up your knees


[Verse 3]

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