Key: C major
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
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I was done
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hoeing, out in the fields for the day,
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I was thinking of going,
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I had to leave right away,
and oh I felt so alone,
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a full day's ride from home.
My heart was just bleeding,
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I knew I had to go soon,
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at an old wooden chair,
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I wanted to hold him,
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but then I just wouldn't dare.
Verse 2
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There's a world of things to see,
And I'm ready to go and make
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a life for myself
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But if you won't bless my journey,
Verse 3
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I was well on my way,
I met a traveling stranger,
who seemed to have much to say,
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He told me tales of the city,
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and all the women he'd had,
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I asked him, wasn't that sinful,
Verse 4
He said, no, it isn't that bad.
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And then a few days later,
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on an old city road,
We were drowning in laughter, and
But when my pockets were empty,
Verse 5
looked I saw starvation,
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and a job was nowhere to find,
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competing for the food of common beggers,
Until then I'd never known hunger
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, but now I wasn't too proud.
Verse 6
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I finally found some employment,
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I had to sleep in the barn,
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I had to eat with the swine,
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The bread I ate was like stone,
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I was dreaming of home.
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Oh, the servants there are better fed, If I could only
Verse 7
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have what my
father gives them,
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Oh, I will go and say to him,
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I'm no longer worthy to be in your family,
Verse 8
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I left with only what I wore,
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And I prayed that I still had a home.
Verse 9
dropped open his mouth,
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He ran up the road, and fell to my feet,
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and cried, and cried,
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Father I've sinned,
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I'm no longer worthy to wear your name,
is right where you are,
Verse 10
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my son,
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Shoes for his feet, hurry put them on,
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This is my son who I
I've prayed and prayed,
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never heard a sound,
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My son was lost, oh thank you God he's found,
My son was dead and he's now alive,
Prepare a feast for my son's alive,
My son was dead,
My son was lost,
My son's returned in the hands of god.
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