Emmylou Harris - Your Long Journey

your long journey
recorded by emmylou harris
written by doc watson and rosa lee watson

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god’s given us years of happiness here
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now we must part
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and as the angels come and call for you
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the pains of grief tugs at my heart
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oh my darling my darling
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my heart breaks as you take your long journey

oh the days will be empty
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the nights so long without you my love
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and when god calls for you i’m left alone
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but we will meet in heaven above
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oh my darling my darling
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my heart breaks as you take your long journey

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fond memories i’ll keep of happy ways
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that on earth we trod
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and when i come we will walk hand in hand
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as one in heaven in the family of god
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oh my darling my darling
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my heart breaks as you take your long journey