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[Verse 1]
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A lightning bug he never knows just what he's about to find
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But he keeps on flyin' around and around with his little light on behind

[Chorus]
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Oh the clouds gonna roll away, oh the clouds gonna roll away
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I don't care how hard it rains for the clouds gonna roll away

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[Verse 2]
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A little bird in a gilded cage and he might have been whistlin yet
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But he flew out one rainy night and he got his whistler wet

[Chorus]
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Oh the clouds gonna roll away, oh the clouds gonna roll away
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I don't care how hard it rains for the clouds gonna roll away

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[Verse 3]
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A jay bird seen a little worm just a wigglin to and fro
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But on the spot where the worm once dwelt there ain't no worm no mo'

[Chorus]
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Oh the clouds gonna roll away, oh the clouds gonna roll away
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I don't care how hard it rains for the clouds gonna roll away

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[Verse 4]
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My gal she says you're my little horse an' I says oh no you're wrong
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I just couldn't be no little old horse 'cause my hair is growed too long

[Chorus]
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Oh the clouds gonna roll away, oh the clouds gonna roll away
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I don't care how hard it rains for the clouds gonna roll away

[Verse 5]
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The hen she first came from the egg. Then the egg came from the hen.
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But I been a'wonderin all this time just how its goin to end.

[Chorus]
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Oh the clouds gonna roll away, oh the clouds gonna roll away
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I don't care how hard it rains for the clouds gonna roll away