Intro:
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Up in the Midwest in cold Minnesota
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Eighteen years from here if you go by the roads
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Lived a man from Columbus, Ohio
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He’s been my father since a long time ago, he said


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I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you
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I’ll stay behind you son of mine
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I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you
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I’ll stay behind you till the day I die


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And I remember days and days and days spent in Harmony
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Christmas day spent in white Oak Park
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All those brown bags of a dollar’s worth of candy
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I saw from Rapp’s seat than Rapp ever saw, he said


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I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you
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I’ll stay behind you son of mine
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I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you
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I’ll stay behind you till the day I die


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I haven’t seen you much since I was twelve years old
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I don’t suppose I’ll see you much on the rest of the road
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And you should know that I miss you often
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I miss your lap as much as you miss your mother’s, and


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I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you
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I’ll stay behind you son of mine
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I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you
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I’ll stay behind you till the day I die


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I wonder if you picture me as Sygne’s “Riders To The Sea”
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Sometimes you wonder if I come out alive
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Well, up jumped dingo he was grinning like whatever
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I may stray far but I’ll be back by five, he said


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I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you
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I’ll stay behind you son of mine
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I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you
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I’ll stay behind you son of mine
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I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you
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I’ll stay behind you son of mine
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I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you
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I’ll stay behind you till the day I die

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