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Farewell to the lights of Madera, I'm leaving with the wind at my back
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Tell all of my friends in Dos Palos, I'm gone but I'll be circling back
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Now I'm crossing the Chowchilia River
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By the light of a ragged moonbeam
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Lord I'll miss the Rose of San Joaquin


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I'll miss the sun on the Sierra Nevadas, adobe moon on the rise
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Shining down on my love in Madera, shining into her dark Spanish eyes
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Oh she taught me those Mexican love songs
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"Volver, Volver" in my dreams
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And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin
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Caught somewhere between
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The road and the Rose of San Joaquin


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Oh her black hair fell on the blanket in the tall grass we with the dew
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Making love through the night by the river
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Oh Magdalene how my heart cries for you
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Alone on this highway of darkness
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You are the light of my dreams
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And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin
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Caught somewhere between
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The road and the Rose of San Joaquin

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