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In reply to the discussion: John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73 [View all]Botany
(70,504 posts)7. "And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County"
"And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay?"
"Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away"
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When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am
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Damn. What a loss. Not just a great song writer, but a really nice human being.
EarnestPutz
Apr 2020
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