Trying to get to you
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1. Well, I've been traveling over mountains,
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and even
through the valleys, too,
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well,
I've been traveling night and day,
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running
all the way, baby, trying to get to you.
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2. But since I read your loving letter,
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where
you said you loved me true,
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well,
I've been traveling night and day,
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running
all the way, baby, trying to get to you.
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Well, now there's nothing that
could hold me,
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or to
keep me away from you, ooh,
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since
your loving letter told me,
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ah,
that you really love me true, ooh.
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3. I just had to reach you, baby,
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spite
of all that I've been through,
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I kept traveling
night and day,
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running
all the way, baby, trying to get to you.
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4. Well, if I had to do it over,
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well,
that's exactly what I'd do,
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I’d keep traveling
night and day,
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running
all the way, baby, trying to get to you.
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Well, since I read your loving
letter,
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well,
my heart began to sing,
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there
are many miles between us,
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ah,
but they didn't mean a thing !
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5. Lord's above, He knows I love you,
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well,
it was He who brought me through,
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when
my way was black as night,
he'd
still shine bright as light,
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when
I was trying to get to you.
(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = no capo) (Roy
Orbison)