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My footsteps lead me warily through the old screen door, 
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And onto the verandah across those weathered boards. 
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Sad memories dwell behind me like an overstayin' guest, 
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So I've packed my swag and I'm walkin' out west. 
 

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Well I went on past the tank stand beyond the backyard gate, 
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Hopin' one day that my sorrow would somehow dissipate. 
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I need time to think things over, how long I couldn't guess, 
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So I've packed my swag and I'm walkin' out west. 
 
 
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Yeah, out there in the distance where the desert flowers bloom , 
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Maybe I'll get over losin' you. 
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My restless heart must wander 'til I've put the pain to rest, 
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Until then I'll just keep walkin' out west. 
 
 
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Oooooh oooh oooh oooh 
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Well you'll find me on some highway or lonely railroad track, 
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The burden of my sorrow riding on my back. 
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There'll be no homeward footsteps 'til I've put the past to rest, 
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Until then I'll just keep walkin' out west. 
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Until then I'll just keep walkin' out west. 
 
 
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Oooooh oooh oooh oooh 
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Oooooh oooh oooh oooh 
 
 
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Yeah, my restless heart must wander 'til I've put the pain to rest, 
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Until then I'll just keep walkin' out west. 
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Until then I'll just keep walkin' out west.