• Song:

    Hello Old Friend

  • Artist:

    James Taylor

  • Album:

    Walking Man

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      JAMES TAYLOR - HELLO, OLD FRIEND. From WALKING MAN album.
                     Released 1974.

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      Tabbed by:PJVillanueva







Paris' rooftops were lovely to see. 
Switzerland's vertical landscape 
crossed my mind's eye just now.
Canada's shoreline has been calling out to me, 
but it's been too long a time
since last I crossed that vast Nantucket sound.

Hello old friend, welcome me home again. 
Well, I've been away but that's all over now.
Say I can stay for October, now, stay a while and play.

Little dog David, I must look like a fool.
I should've remembered you'd be forgetting my smell, well.
Give me a week or two to recapture my cool, 
I've got stories to tell
about how I snatched the devil's catch 
and out ran the hounds of hell.

Hello old friend, welcome me home again. 
Well, I've been away but that's all over now.
Say I can stay for October, now, stay a while and see.

Hello old friend, welcome me home again. 
Well, I've been away but that's all over now.
Isn't it nice to be home again, over here it's clear. 
Hello, old friend.





                                     
  
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  Switzerland's  landscape   my mind's eye just now.
          vertical      crossed
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          Canada's        has     calling   to me,         but 
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     too  long atime (x02210@1)       since    I       crossed     that vast 
                                  last
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    Nantucket sound.      Hello
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          old friend,     welcome         again.               Well,
                             me home
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  I've away but that's all over now         now
    been 
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  Say     stay                now, 
    I can   for October


 
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  stay    a (x02210@1) while       and play.       



  
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        I should've   you'd be forgetting   smell,  well.
               remembered               my
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          Give  week or so   to recapture   cool,         I've got
             me a (x02210@1)                    my 
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      old friend,         welcome         again.               Well,
                             me home



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  I've away but that's all over now         now
    been 



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  Say     stay                now, 
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  stay    a (x02210@1) while       and see. 



    
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          old friend,             welcome     again.        I know
                                    me home                     I've
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       away but that's all over   now         now
    been 
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  Isn't   nice    home    again
       it    to be



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  over    here       it's clear. 



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                    Hello, old friend











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