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dick feller - jerico springs lyrics

[verse 1]
my boots were cooked with cloud gray dust
and mouth craves something cool
went around the bend the road cut in
by clear blue spring fed pool
as i knelt to cool my sunburned brows
one color caught my eye
and reflected there was a tall young girl
against the clear blue sky

[verse 2]
i turned to find dark eyes behind
a small face, golden tan
the sunlight softened in her hair
as she brushed a fallen strand
“it’s hot”, she smiled, “i know a set
of cool water’s a welcome change”
she raised her head and then she said
“when it comes from jerico springs”
[chorus]
where the ozark breeze blows soft in the trees
the thresh and the bluebirds sing
at the end of the world, a show+me girl
walks down by jerico springs

[verse 3]
through longer days my wandering ways
were lost, forgotten things
i found a room in the nearby town
called jerico by the springs
and i walked a girl with the honey blonde hair
and eyes, blue crystal bright
through july haze of b+tterfly days
and july firefly nights

[verse 4]
to my surprise, in her innocent eyes
a love began to grow
and one night by the spring, as a bullfrog sing
i promised i’d never go
for the cold old world seemed far away
and it could not match the things
i’ve found in the love of a show+me girl
on the banks of jerico springs
[chorus]
where the ozark breeze blows soft in the trees
the thresh and the bluebirds sing
at the end of the world, a show+me girl
walks down by jerico springs

[verse 5]
it was plain to see how she cared for me
but as we walked out one day
i teased her saying i planned to leave
just to see what she would say
big, salt tears came in her eyes
and before i could explain
she turned and ran into the woods
that lay by jerico springs

[verse 6]
well, i called and called her soft, sweet name
and i followed the best i could
but i soon was lost in the tall dark trees
in the silent, gray+green wood
by the time i found that rock dust road
the sun was going down
and in half light, in thread of night
i walked on back to town
[verse 7]
when the sun was rising new and red
at my door came a knock
i stumbled through the still dark room
and i fumbled at the lock
“i’m sorry, sir”, the stranger said
“it’s sad news that i bring
but a girl’s been found, face down and drowned
in the waters of jerico springs”

[outro]
where the ozark breeze blows soft in the trees
the thresh and the bluebirds sing
at the end of the world, a show+me girl
sleeps down by jerico springs

- dick feller lyrics

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