Southbound Train

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 Sang an old gospel song  stoned 
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on Blue Ribbon beer
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People don’t get Me wrong, God 
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knows I’m stone sincere
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 Let the neighbors talk, ask the 
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Preacher Man to pray
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When I die just gather My family, 
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 sing Amazing Grace

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Oh when I die, lay My soul on a 
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southbound train
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Don’t You cry Mamma, Jesus kept the
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 pain
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You can bury My body in Detroit 
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City in the early morning rain
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Oh when I die, lay My soul on a 
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southbound train

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Got My old flat top Gibson on the 
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back porch playin' blues
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It’s too cool to go barefoot, but I
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 ain’t wearin no shoes
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Just mellowing out and rolling down
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 the back roads of My mind
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Past them old churchyards and 
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honkytonks, bullet riddled road 
signs

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Oh when I die, lay My soul on a 
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southbound train
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Don’t You cry Mamma, Jesus kept the
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 pain
                G                  
You can bury My body in Detroit 
                 D
City in the morning rain
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When I die, just lay My soul on a 
            D
southbound train

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When I die, lay My soul on a 
             D
southbound train
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Don’t You cry, Jesus kept the pain
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Bury My body in Detroit City in the
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 morning rain
        A                   
When I die, lay My soul on a 
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southbound train
          A                        
Oh when I die, just lay My soul on 
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a southbound train