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[Verse 1]
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Coldest night of the winter, working up my farewell
Em
In the middle of everything under no particular spell
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I am dreaming of the mountains where the children learn the stars
Em
Clouds roll in from Nebraska, dark chords on a big guitar
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My restlessness is long gone, I stand here like an old jack pine
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But I'm looking for Rexroth's daughter, a friend of a friend of mine
CG
Friend of a friend of mine
[Verse 2]
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I can't believe your hands and mouth, did all that to me
Em
Are so daily naked, for all the world to see
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That thunderstorm in Michigan, I never will forget
Em
We shook right with the thunder, with the pounding rain got wet
CGD
Where did you turn when you turned from me, with your arms across'd your chest
AmEmCG
Oh I'm looking for Rexroth's daughter, I saw her in the great northwest
CG
The great northwest
[Verse 3]
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Would she have said it was the wrong time, if I had found her then
Em
I don't want too much, a field across the road and a few good friends
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She used to come and see me, but she was always there and gone
Em
Even the very longest love don't last very long
CGD
She'd stand there in my doorway, smoothing out her dress
AmEmCG
And say "this life is a thump-ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess"
CG
Such a mess
[Verse 4]
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I wanted to get to know you, but you said you were shy
Em
I would have followed you anywhere but hello rolled into goodbye
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I just stood there watching, as you walked along the fence
Em
Beware of them that look at you as an experience
CGD
You're back out on the highway, with your poems of city heat
AmEmCG
And I'm looking for Rexroth's daughter, here on my own side street
CG
On my old side street
[Verse 5]
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The murderer who lived next door, seemed like such a normal guy
Em
If you try to follow what they shove at us, you run out of tears to cry
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I heard a man speak quietly, I listened for a while
Em
He spoke from his heart to my woe and then he bowed and smiled
CGD
What is real but compassion, as we move from birth to death
AmEmCG
Oh I'm looking for Rexroth's daughter, and I'm running out of breath
[Verse 6]
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Spring'll come back I know it will, and it will do its best
Em
So useful so endangered, like a lion or a breast
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I think about my children, when I look at any child's face
Em
And pray that we will find a way to get with all this amazing grace
CGD
It's so cold out there tonight, so stormy I can hardly see
AmEmCG
And I'm looking for Rexroth's daughter, and I guess I always will be
CG
I always will be