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[ Harmonica ]
i Had To Catch A Plane Up To Atlanta That Next Day as I Left For My Room I Saw Him Pickin Up My Change that Night I Dreamed In Peaceful Sleep Of Shady Summertime of Old Dogs And Children And Watermelon Wine