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John Swayne, Songwriter: "I dropped out of sight for quite a long while I had me some thinkin' to do But now I'm showin' my face, even got my own place And wanted to make sure you knew I'll be waitin' to hear from you" from "Waitin' to Hear from You"
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Country • Country General
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#3,796 today Peak #113
#1,422 in subgenre Peak #48
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John Swayne
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John Swayne
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July 13, 2010
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MP3 3.6 MB • 128 kbps • 3:54
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I know John Reb's lyin' out there, ‘cause it was me that took his life This afternoon I set my sites right between his frightened eyes Now the air’s so still, I can hear the dead of the night time sounds Like the katydids and John Reb’s blood flowin’ out upon the ground So boys don’t you do it, don’t you try ‘n’ take this hill Don’t you think that I won’t shoot, ‘cause by God I surely will Pack your gear ‘n’ head on home so I can do the same Don’t you try ‘n’ take this hill again I find myself wonderin’ if he’s got himself a wife Or if he’s like me, with just a ma prayin’ he’ll come back alive He’s probably just a poor boy who never knew or owned a slave But now his body’s cold ‘n’ hard on a Maryland topsoil grave So boys don’t you do it, don’t you try ‘n’ take this hill Don’t you think that I won’t shoot, ‘cause by God I surely will Pack your gear ‘n’ head on home so I can do the same Don’t you try ‘n’ take this hill again Damn that rebel captain who ordered up the charge He had to know there’d be a fight, that we were here ‘n’ battle hard And to hell with John Reb, look what that fool’s done to me Turned me into someone I swore I'd never be So boys don’t you do it, don’t you try ‘n’ take this hill Don’t you think that I won’t shoot, ‘cause by God I surely will Pack your gear ‘n’ head on home so I can do the same Don’t you try ‘n’ take this hill again I know John Reb’s lyin' out there, ‘cause it was me that took his life...
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