The Boy That Just Went Wrong chords by Fred Eaglesmith

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Verse 1
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There's a spe cial little corner
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in every mother's heart
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For that dark, wandering boy
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who took the wrong path
from the start
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Though she loves the others
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and she helps them to grow strong
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Deep inside she cries
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for the boy that just went home
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Early one morning,
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he's done when you get up
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There's a little note that's hard to read
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inside his coffee cup
Mama wipes her tears away
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and says he must be strong
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And the neighbors never asked
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about the boy who just went home
But up and down the gravel road
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the stories told were told
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About the one who
wasn't like the rest,
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the one who left home
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Tired of the hard work and
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tired of the farm
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Nobody can really blame
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the war that just went on
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A letter here, a letter there,
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and there's none at all
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Mama says she stares
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upon the picture on the wall
And the children no longer ask
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what he's gone for
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Sadly he missed the party
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when June the 4th just went on
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Maybe in some railroad yard
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runnin' for his life
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They never locked the door
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in case he might come home some day
Maybe on some jailhouse floor
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he's cold and all alone
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And I bet it is all that's made
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for the boy that just went home
And finally after years and years
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of a  hurry and a make
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Mama sends the kids
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to fetch Papa from the hill
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And prayers in the kitchen
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tell the words to let it out
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Papa takes the train
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to fetch the boy that just went wrong
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There's a small crowd at the station
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on a dark and dismal day
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Papa's eyes are rimmed with tears
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as he steps off the train
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When Mama sees the basket
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she just breaks down
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And calls  for her darlin' boy,
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the boy that just went wrong
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You can see them softly crying
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as they walk across the field
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When they reach the churchyard
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it's there they quietly kneel
And the preacher says a few kind words
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about our eternal home
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And today he's come home to stay,
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the boy that just went home
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guess today he's gone home to stay,
the boy that just went home.
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