| Clearwater River never-ending canyon such a long way where you are
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| On the trail of Old Chief Joseph to the cold Northern Prairie
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| I hear you calling from afar
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| Your Purple Heart and Bronze Star
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| I walk the woods there behind your son my lucky rifle in my hand
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| We laugh and wander like soldiers on the run
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| Huntin' down an outlaw Indian band
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| To where they made their final stand
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| And Charlie can we talk about the war tonight
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| Did you really kill 500 men
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| Did their eyes glisten in the mortar light
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| Would you go back there again
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| With that damned old Agent Orange in your blood
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| And that twisp of Old Montana in your scar
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| Will you dig out that old Colt 45
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| Your Purple Heart and Bronze Star
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| Years on the mountain mappin' out the Bob Morgan horses on the trails
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| Them old canvas wall tents don’t hold out Grizzler Bears
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| But that old pistol never failed
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| And the best outfitter never tells
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| Repeat Chorus
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| Final Verse:
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| Gotta go now I make my livin' singin' songs of men like you
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| But this music business it’s like a war man
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| They’ll kill a million ‘fore they’re through
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| But my bullets fire red white and blue
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| Final Chorus: |