Brighter Days

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Don't stop even for the right 
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thing   does it matter what I say?
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My whole world was by that river
 flowin' north to meet the sea each 
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day
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I don't want to move away

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You look at me and ya say "what's 
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wrong boy?" What else do you 
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want me to say?
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I don't want to leave tomorrow  
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been and gone but I belong here now
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Your big world can wait another day

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Brighter days where did they go?
Brighter days where did they go?
Brighter days where did they go?
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Brighter days where did they go?

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I am hopeful for where I'm goin'
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but I belong in the South That 
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was where I's born a po' boy
livin' life like there's no end in 
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sight  Even so I've done without

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Brighter days where did they go?    
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Boy you about to hit the bottom
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Brighter days where did they go?
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Brighter days where did they go?
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Boy you about to hit the bottom
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Brighter days where did they go?
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Brighter days where did they go?
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I'll be alone I feel I'm movin' 
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where  To a land you never saw
and I see you 'bout to hit the 
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bottom  Lord help me move away
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to a land you never saw  and I've 
seen
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Brighter days where did they go?
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Brighter days where did they go?
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Brighter days where did they go?