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The liquor tasted good and here the women all were fast...
You can't jump a jet plane
Like you can a freight train
So I'll best be on my way
In the early morning rain
--
Early Morning Rain, Track 7, UAS-6487 The Song That Changed Everything

 

Gordon Lightfoot

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