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The Best Laid Plans

from California Bound by Michael Mazochi

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Well I awoke in the morning to the wind in the trees
On a southbound train that blew away the breeze
And I’ve been away so long that I forgot my name
And every town that I see they look to be all the same
On the beaten down path of the dustiest rover
I found the footsteps of our fathers that have been washed over
And I’m longin’ for a day gone by

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So don’t say nothing bout the best laid plans
I got the blues so heavy lord that I can’t stand
Mama I’m coming back home to you

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Well the streetlights have changed now from green to red
And the people at a stand-still like a cold stone bed
Everybody’s leaving but we’re here all the same
Just talking bout the past in a coat of rain
The rain drops an anchor that pins me to the floor
And the steel hits the earth but doesn’t move anymore
And the whimper is on the dusty field

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So don’t say nothing bout the best laid plans
I got the blues so heavy lord that I can’t stand
Mama I’m coming back home to you

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So now I’m headed back to the down where I was born
I’m gonna catch the falling rain until the hours of mornin’
My spine may buckle my body may break
From all the things that I’ve forgotten but cannot forsake
If I break down in Kentucky I’ll meet you just the same
So just wait another minute ‘cause I’m not to blame
And mama I’m comin’ back home to you

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So don’t say nothing bout the best laid plans
I got the blues so heavy lord that I can’t stand
Mama I’m coming back home to you
So don’t say nothing bout the best laid plans
I got the blues so heavy lord that I can’t stand
Mama I’m coming back home to you

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from California Bound, released October 1, 2006

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Started folky, got rocky, then digitized.

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