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Sweet singers of old country lands
I can hear them clap their hands
Old lovers are home with their men
And I’m beside you once again
One last city, one more Dixie town
One last hammer coming down
Long has it been since I could be found
Long has my heart been rambling round

Oh be joyful
When we say goodnight
And sing my name
In your southern lullaby
Please don’t you ask me
Where I been
Oh be joyful once again

Say goodbye to sugar rhymes
Do not waste your precious time
And before it strikes me blind
I’d like to leave this war behind

Some will watch the lines all break
Some will watch them twist and quake
I will trade my gun for rake
And live to love another day

Oh be joyful
When we say goodnight
And sing my name
In your southern lullaby
Please don’t you ask me
Where I been
Oh be joyful once again

When I grow to be too old
All my stories have been told
When my blood runs thin and cold
When I’ve got to go

Come to me oh gentle death
When I live with nothing left
Let me feel that sweet black breath
Let me be your gentle guest

Oh be joyful
When we say goodnight
And sing my name
In your southern lullaby
Please don’t you ask me
Where I been
Oh be joyful once again

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from Four Letter Words, released October 20, 2009

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Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel Nashville, Tennessee

Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel delivers through a virtual “who’s-who” of crack Midwest musicians who have assembled around Necci’s heartfelt and heartbreaking songs. Their wildcat live performances take listeners to a dusty, forlorn, but strangely familiar place that simply gets sweeter with time. ... more

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